emu

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈiːmjuː/    美 /ˈim(j)u/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.
    — [page 59] The Emu, though not ſo as large as the oſtrich, is only ſecond to it in magnitude. It is by much the largeſt bird in the New Continent; and is generally found to be ſix feet high, meaſuring from its head to the ground. […] [page 60] [T]he emu runs with ſuch a ſwiftneſs, that the fleeteſt dogs are thrown out in the purſuit.
  2. Initialism of electromagnetic unit. abbreviation,alt-of,initialism
    — A bar magnet NS has poles of strength 144 emu, 5 cm apart.
  3. Clipping of emulator. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,informal
    — Saw this article for playing downloadable games on GBA. It's an official Nintendo product in Japan, and thought it might be useful for Nintendo to release actual emus and some of their older game properties (beyond the $20 classic series).
  4. A cassowary (genus Casuarius). obsolete
    — [page 1] 1. EGGES. Caſſawary, or Emeu, vide Aldrov: p. 542. Harveum, G.A. p. 61. […] [page 3] 4. CLAWES. […] A legge and claw of the Caſſawary or Emeu that dyed at S. James’s, Weſtminſter.

词形变化

emus plural emeu alternative,obsolete emu plural emeu alternative,obsolete emus plural emeu alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
dwarf emu emu apple emu berry emu bob emu bush Emu Creek Emu Heights emu leather emu-less emu-like emu oil emu parade emu patrol Emu Plains emu-proof Emu Swamp emutail emu tree Emu Wars emuwary emu-wren

词源

词源 1
Probably from Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich”).
词源 2
From e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit).
词源 3
From emu(lator).
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