kangaroo
noun /ˌkæŋɡəˈruː/
/ˌkæŋɡəˈruː/
(also informal roo)
(plural kangaroos, informal roos)
- enlarge imagea large Australian animal with a strong tail and back legs, that moves by jumping. The female carries its young in a pocket of skin (called a pouch) on the front of its body.
袋鼠（产于澳大利亚） - Kangaroos can jump immense distances.
袋鼠能跳很远的距离。
Collocations DictionaryKangaroo is used before these nouns:- court
词源late 18th cent.: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland. - Kangaroos can jump immense distances.
