an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. (of the Pyrenees and Apennines, also called izard) (见于比利牛斯和亚平宁山脉,亦称 izard)
Genus Rupicapra, family Bovidae: R. rupicapra of the Alps, East, and SE Europe, and R. pyrenaica (of the Pyrenees and Apennines, also called izard) 岩羚羊属,牛科(或洞角科):岩羚羊(见于阿尔卑斯山脉,欧洲东和东南部),比利牛斯岩羚(见于比利牛斯和亚平宁山脉,亦称 izard)
(亦作 chamois leather)[mass noun]soft pliable leather made from the skin of sheep, goats, or deer (由绵羊皮、山羊皮或鹿皮制成的)柔软皮革 ■[count noun]a piece of such leather, used typically for washing windows or cars (尤指清洗窗户或轿车等用的)清洁软皮
语源
mid 16th cent.: from French, of unknown ultimate origin