English-Thai Dictionary

gorilla

N กอริลลา  ลิง ขนาดใหญ่ ที่สุด ใน แอฟริกา  ko-ri-ra

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GORILLA

Go *ril "la, n. Etym: [An African word; found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gorilla

go ril la |gəˈrilə ɡəˈrɪlə | ▶noun a powerfully built great ape with a large head and short neck, found in the forests of central Africa. It is the largest living primate. [Gorilla gorilla, family Pongidae: three races (two lowland gorillas and the mountain gorilla ).] • informal a heavily built, aggressive-looking man. • [ with modifier ] a dominant contender within a particular sphere of operation or activity: the 800 -lb gorilla of the home mortgage industry. ORIGIN from an alleged African word for a wild or hairy person, found in the Greek account of the voyage of the Carthaginian explorer Hanno in the 5th or 6th cent. bc; adopted in 1847 as the specific name of the ape.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gorilla

gor |illa |gəˈrɪlə | ▶noun a powerfully built great ape with a large head and short neck, found in the forests of central Africa. It is the largest living primate. ●Gorilla gorilla, family Pongidae: three races (two lowland gorillas and the mountain gorilla ). • informal a heavily built aggressive-looking man. • [ with modifier ] a dominant contender within a particular sphere of operation or activity: the 800 -lb gorilla of the home mortgage industry. ORIGIN from an alleged African word for a wild or hairy person, found in the Greek account of the voyage of the Carthaginian explorer Hanno in the 5th or 6th cent. bc; adopted in 1847 as the specific name of the ape.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gorilla

gorilla noun WORD LINKS gorilla silverback mature male mountain gorilla band collective noun Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gorilla

Go ril la Substantiv, maskulin , der |Gor i lla |der Gorilla; Genitiv: des Gorillas, Plural: die Gorillas englisch gorilla < griechisch Goríllai, eigentlich = behaarte wilde Wesen in Afrika; westafrikanisches Wort 1 (in den Wäldern Äquatorialafrikas lebender ) großer Menschenaffe mit stark vorspringender Schnauze, kleinen Augen, langen Armen und dichtem, [braun ]schwarzem Fell 2 umgangssprachlich Leibwächter

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gorilla

go ril la /ɡərɪ́lə / (! guerrillaと同音; 強勢は第2音節 ) 名詞 C 1 〘動 〙ゴリラ .2 ｟俗 ｠(屈強でいかつい )ボディガード ; ギャング, 暴漢 ; 醜い [乱暴な ]男 .