silverback

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mature male gorilla leading a troop, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
    — To be clear, there’s no reason to hate the actual Harambe. After the silverback gorilla was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, people used “RIP Harambe” to… comment on the irony of why we mourn animals but are quick to blame humans?
  2. A dominant or powerful older human male. broadly,informal
    — Courageously (given Ranger's status in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and his status as a silverback in North Atlantic Academe), Kriger dissents from their arguments.
  3. Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
  4. Any of species Rhodamnia cinerea of plants of southeastern Asia.

词形变化

silverbacks plural

词汇关系

相关词
silver fox

词源

From silver + back.
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