Tarzan

名词 n. 动词 v. 专有名词
/ˈtɑɹzæn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A strong wild man; any man showing attributes of Tarzan, as muscularity, agility, etc. broadly
    — "My job is to grab him before he slaughters more." "He sounds a bit of a Tarzan." "A wild man right enough is Toowanor, but from his size you'd never imagine he was a killer."
动词 v.
  1. To behave in the manner of Tarzan, especially by swinging from ropes, climbing trees, and other feats of athleticism.
    — Elmo Lincoln, that mighty man of valor who Tarzaned about, has issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey, and we wish him all the luck in the world.
专有名词
  1. A heroic fictional character, raised from a baby to adulthood in the African jungle by apes.

词形变化

Tarzans plural Tarzans present,singular,third-person Tarzaning participle,present Tarzaned participle,past Tarzaned past

词源

词源 1
Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction.
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
词源 2
Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction.
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
词源 3
Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction.
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
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