| 释义 |
▪ I. ai, aie
obs. forms of ay, aye, and of egg.
▪ II. ai Zool.|ˈɑːɪ|
[a. Braz. aï, haï (Fr. aï, hay) repr. the animal's cry.]
A kind of Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus, family Tardigrada, order Edentata) found in South America.
1693in Phil. Trans. XVII. 851 The American Creature called Ai or Sloth. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 233 They emit a feeble, plaintive cry, resembling the word Ai, which is the origin of the name they bear among the Europeans settled in America. 1847Carpenter Zool. §241 The Ais or three-toed Sloths..are inhabitants of the dense forests of the tropical portion of South America. |