c. 1400, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hreindyri "reindeer," from dyr "animal" (see deer) + hreinn, by itself the usual name for the animal, from Proto-Germanic *khrinda- (cognates: Old English hran "reindeer;" German Renn "reindeer," which was altered by folk etymology influence of rennen "to run;" Swedish ren-ko "female reindeer," with ko "cow" (n.)).
Probably from PIE *krei-, from base *ker- (1) "horn, head," with derivatives referring to horned animals (both male and female reindeer have horns; those of the male are remarkable), and thus perhaps cognate with Greek krios "ram" (see kerato-). Older sources connect it to words in Lapp or Finnish. French renne, Spanish reno, Italian renna ultimately are from Germanic.
雙語例句
1. Reindeer receded northward and eastward, and bison and horse followed.
馴鹿向北方和東方撤退, 野牛和馬也隨之而去.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
2. The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.
馴鹿時代人的生活是一種邊區(qū)生活.
來自辭典例句
3. The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.
那群馴鹿被一只狼群尋蹤追趕上來.
來自辭典例句
4. I thought the magical reindeer made The sleighs fly.
不是魔法馴鹿讓雪橇扶搖直上的嗎?
來自電影對白
5. Their traditional livelihood revolves around reindeer, which number about 200,000 in Finland.