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zebu n.【動物;動物學】(印度)瘤牛,封牛。

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The greater part of the travellers were aware of this interruption , and leaving the train , they began to engage such vehicles as the village could provide - four - wheeled palkigharis , waggons drawn by zebus , carriages that looked like perambulating pagodas , palanquins , ponies and what not 不管是四輪大車,雙峰駝牛拉的輦車,象活動廟宇一樣的旅行小車,滑竿或小馬,福克和柯羅馬蒂找遍了全鎮,什么也沒雇著,只好空手而返。

Upon the car , which was drawn by four richly caparisoned zebus stood a hideous statue with four arms , the body coloured a dull red , with haggard eyes , dishevelled hair , protruding tongue , and lips tinted with betel 這尊神像有四條胳臂,全身赭紅,披頭散發,眼露兇光,伸著吊死鬼樣的長舌頭,兩片嘴唇染成了指甲花和茭醬的紅色。

Farms raised cotton and kept herds of sheep , pigs , zebus ( a kind of cow ) , and water buffalo 農場種植起棉花,保留著成群的綿羊、豬、瘤牛(一種牛) ,還有水牛。