camel

• n. [畜牧][脊椎] 駱駝；打撈浮筒；工作作風官僚
• adj. 駝色的；暗棕色的
• vi. 工作刻板平庸
• n. (Camel)人名；(法)卡梅爾；(阿拉伯)卡邁勒

來自希伯來語，字線C，G原型。

camel

camel: [OE] Naturally enough, camel is of Semitic origin: Hebrew has gāmāl, for example, and Arabic jamal. It was a relative of these that was the source of Greek kámēlos, which passed via Latin camēlus into English as early as the mid 10th century. (It replaced a previous Old English olfend, a word – shared by other early Germanic languages – apparently based on the misconception that a camel was an elephant.)

camel (n.)

Old English camel, perhaps via Old North French camel (Old French chamel, Modern French chameau), from Latin camelus, from Greek kamelos, from Hebrew or Phoenician gamal, perhaps related to Arabic jamala "to bear."

Another Old English word for the beast was olfend, apparently based on confusion of camels with elephants in a place and time when both were known only from travelers' vague descriptions. The Arabian have one hump (the lighter variety is the dromedary); the Bactrian have two.

1. The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.

駱駝的蹄子雖然非常適合於在幹沙上行走，碰到泥濘時卻無計可施。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A camel can bear burden.

駱駝能馱重.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The camel has a game leg.

那隻駱駝有一隻腿瘸.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

小事拘謹,大事糊塗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. When fresh food and water are not available, the camel can feed off its hump.

在得不到新鮮食物和水的時候, 駱駝可以消耗它肉峰內儲存的脂肪維持生命.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》