English Dictionary

zebra

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈzɛbɹə/

名詞

俗語 軽蔑的 民族名 差別語 卑語 くだけた表現

Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa. / (sports, slang) A referee.

日本語の意味

アフリカ原産で、黒と白の縞模様を持つシマウマ（ウマ科の動物）を指す。 / （スポーツの俗語として）審判を指す。

A lone zebra grazed quietly at dawn on the savanna, its black-and-white stripes glowing in the morning light.

朝、サバンナで一頭のシマウマが静かに草を食べており、その白黒の縞模様が朝の光に輝いていた。

意味（1）

Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.

意味（2）

(sports, slang) A referee.

意味（3）

(medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)

意味（4）

(vulgar, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.

意味（5）

(informal) A fish, the zebra cichlid.

意味（6）

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

zebra （ plural ）

zebras （ plural ）