orangutan

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæn/|/əˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæŋ/|/ɔəˌɹæŋuːˈtæn/|/ˌɔə.ɹæŋˈuː.tæn/    美 /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn/|/əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/|/ɔˈɹæŋ.ʊˌtæn/|/oʊˈɹæŋ-/|/əˈɹæŋˌə.tɛːŋ/|/əˈɹæŋˌə.tæŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An arboreal ape, characterised by its shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, of the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.

词形变化

orangutans plural orang-utan alternative orang-outang alternative ourang-outang alternative orangoutang alternative orang utan alternative orangutang alternative ourang outang alternative orang-outan alternative ourangoutang alternative orang-utang alternative ourang-outan alternative oran-outang alternative orang-otang alternative orangoutan alternative orangotang alternative orang-otan alternative uran-utan alternative oran-otan alternative orang-hutan alternative

词源

Probably via Dutch orang-oetan, orang-oetang, apparently from Malay orang hutan, orang utan (literally “forest man”), from orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”), although as a term for the animal it is attested only recently (earlier and preferred terms being mawas and mayas). As there is originally no evidence for its usage, except occasionally literally, it must be assumed to have been regional, or a descriptive collocation used to explain the animal to early travellers. Forms in -ng are alterations after the first element, orang.
The name orangutan has been used in Old Javanese texts, notably in Rāmāyaṇa and Smaradahana, in the form of uraṅutan and wuraṅutan. Its usage to refer to the apes in these texts (from as early as the 9th century CE) has been seen as a refutation of claims that the name orangutan originates from a European source.
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