| 释义 |
rooikat S. Afr.|ˈrɔɪkat|
Also roode-kat.
[Afrikaans, f. rooi red + kat cat.]
= caracal.
1785G. Forster tr. Sparrman's Voy. Cape of Good Hope I. 150 Another kind of cat, as it is called, or the roode-kat, is..supposed to possess a great medicinal power in its skin. 1880J. Nixon Life among Boers vi. 142 There is another kind, known as the rooiket, whose skin is highly prized for making karrosses. 1939S. Cloete Watch for Dawn v. 70, I am as slim as a rooikat and this is my country. 1948Cape Times 4 Dec. (Mag. Section) 3/4 A lithe red shape trotting through the bush ahead..was my first sight of the African lynx or rooikat. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo ix. facing p. 160 (caption) The brilliant coloured lynx or rooikat—rich red with jet-black ear tufts. |