baboon

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /bəˈbuːn/    美 /ˌbæˈbuːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
    — Mix swallowed the comment he wanted to make, that the council hall stank like a congress of baboons. But he was in no position to insult his host, nor should he. The man was only expressing the attitude of his time.
  2. A foolish, stupid or incompetent person. colloquial,derogatory
  3. A foolish, stupid or incompetent person.; A black person. colloquial,derogatory,ethnic,offensive,slur
    — The 50-year-old steel worker said he had meant to type Sawyers should win the "buffoon d'Or". He claimed a misspelling, of "bafoon", had autocorrected on his device to "baboon".

词形变化

baboons plural babian alternative babion alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
antibaboon Anubis baboon Arabian baboon baboonery babooness babooning baboonish baboonize baboonlike baboon-monkey baboon spider baboon syndrome Cape baboon chacma baboon dog-faced baboon gelada baboon Guinea baboon hamadryas baboon huboon Kinda baboon lion-tailed baboon olive baboon orange baboon tarantula sacred baboon sheboon sphinx baboon ursine baboon western baboon wood baboon yellow baboon
相关词
chacma drill mandrill

词源

From Middle English babewin, baboin, from Old French babouin, from baboue (“grimace; muzzle”), of West Germanic origin, related to dialectal German Bäppe (“lips; muzzle”), Middle High German beffen (“to bark”), Middle English baffen (“to bark”). See also baff, baffle.
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