1690s, from Dutch orang-outang (1631), from Malay orang utan, literally "man of the woods," from orang "man" + utan, hutan "forest, wild." It is possible that the word originally was used by town-dwellers on Java to describe savage forest tribes of the Sunda Islands and that Europeans misunderstood it to mean the ape. The name is not now applied in Malay to the animal, but there is evidence that it was used so in 17c. [OED]
实用例句
1. Wasn't she terrified to find an orangutan in her apartment?
她发现房间里有只猩猩有没有吓一跳?来自电影对白
2. Fortunately, none of the zoo officials or bystanders were hurt orangutan.
幸好动物保护官及旁观者无人受伤.来自互联网
3. An anthropoid ape of the family Pongidae , which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan.
一九九六年初, 一些加彭共和国的村民因吃了感染伊波拉病毒的大猩猩而死亡.来自互联网
4. This orangutan is back in her enclosure after briefly escaping.
在短暂的逃离后,这只猩猩回到了她的圈占地.来自互联网
5. There are many similar behaviors between orangutan and human.
