leopard
part of speech
noun (a leopard, leopards)
meaning for a pupil
1) A leopard is a big wild cat with yellow fur covered in dark spots called rosettes; it lives in Africa and parts of Asia. tree →
2) Leopards are strong climbers and often drag their food up into trees to keep it safe from lions and hyenas. tree →
3) «Leopard print» is a pattern on clothes that looks like a leopard's spots. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Jeremiah uses the leopard's spots to say that deep habits are hard to change. Hosea uses the leopard as a picture of God's judgment. In the primary lessons: In science lessons leopards come up in camouflage (spots help them hide in the shade), food chains (top predator) and comparing big cats: a cheetah has solid round spots and a slim body, a jaguar has bigger rosettes with dots inside and lives in the Americas. The saying «a leopard can't change its spots» means people do not really change who they are. A black leopard is often called a black panther.
examples
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? (Prophets JER.13.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; (Prophets HOS.13.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. (Writings SNG.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- The leopard rested on a branch in the afternoon heat. tree →
- A leopard's spots help it hide in the long grass. tree →
- The leopard dragged its catch up into a tree. tree →
- Leopards hunt mostly at night. tree →
- A black panther is often a leopard with very dark fur. tree →
- Gran wore a leopard-print scarf. tree →
- «A leopard can't change its spots», said Dad. tree →
- There you will see many wild beasts—lions, tigers, leopards, apes, and so on. tree →
note
Plural «leopards». Spelling trap: «leo-pard», the «o» is silent; say «LEP-erd». Do not mix up leopard, cheetah and jaguar: cheetahs have simple spots and tear marks on the face; jaguars live in the Americas and have dots inside their rosettes. The young is a «cub».
In the corpora
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
- Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;
- Leopards drag their kills, sometimes as heavy as themselves, up into trees where lions and hyenas cannot steal them.
- A black panther is a leopard or jaguar with extra dark pigment, and its spots can still be seen in bright light.
- Snow leopards cannot roar like lions and tigers; they hiss, growl and make a puffing sound instead.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «leopard» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.