pangolin

基本解釋

Passing the pangolin around like a football, inquisitive lions spent hours trying to devour the armour-plated creature.
好奇的獅子把穿山甲像足球似的傳來(lái)傳去，研究了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)想要喫掉這全身鎧甲的動(dòng)物。
A Malayan pangolin is released from its cage after being confiscated by the Department of Wildlife and Natural Parks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Aug. 8, 2002.
2002年8月8日。馬來(lái)西亞吉隆坡，一衹馬來(lái)亞穿山甲在被自然野生動(dòng)物園相關(guān)部門(mén)沒(méi)收後被釋放出籠子。
In the last few years, 55, 000 reptile skins from India, 19, 000 big-eye thresher shark fins in Ecuador and 23 metric tonnes of pangolin in Asia have all been seized.
在過(guò)去的幾年中，縂共釦押來(lái)自印度的55 000張爬行動(dòng)物毛皮，厄瓜多爾的19 000件大眼長(zhǎng)尾鯊鰭及亞洲的23噸穿山甲。

After making a success of Pangolin, Mr Kingdon and Ms Koenig decided to try to put something back into Uganda.
ECONOMIST: Rwenzori Sculpture Foundation
Their Cotswolds foundry, called Pangolin (after the scaled African anteater with a bronzy patina) has worked closely with some of Britain's leading sculptors and conceptual artists including Phillip King, Jon Buck, Ann Christopher, Damien Hirst and the late Angus Fairhurst.
ECONOMIST: Rwenzori Sculpture Foundation

a mammal found in Africa and Asia that eats ants or termites, catching them with its long, sticky tongue. It has a long nose, and its body is covered in scales (= hard, flat pieces).

any mammal of the order Pholidota found in tropical Africa, S Asia, and Indonesia, having a body covered with overlapping horny scales and a long snout specialized for feeding on ants and termites (Also called scaly anteater)