kangaroo

«kangaroo» in Mova's school dictionary: a large Australian animal that hops on strong back legs… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a kangaroo, kangaroos)

meaning for a pupil

1) A kangaroo is a large Australian animal that hops on strong back legs, has a long thick tail, and carries its baby in a pouch. tree →

2) A kangaroo court is an unfair, unofficial trial. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons kangaroos are marsupials (mammals with pouches); a baby is called a joey. In geography they are a symbol of Australia. Phrases: «a baby kangaroo», «a mob of kangaroos», «kangaroo pouch».

examples

• A kangaroo can hop very fast. tree →
• The baby kangaroo, or joey, lives in its mother's pouch. tree →
• We saw kangaroos in the bush in Australia. tree →
• Kangaroos use their tails for balance. tree →
• A group of kangaroos is called a mob. tree →
• Kangaroos cannot walk backwards easily. tree →
• The kangaroo is on Australia's coat of arms. tree →

note

Countable; plural kangaroos. Stress on the end: kang-guh-ROO. Myth: the story that «kangaroo» means «I don't understand» is not true; it comes from a local Aboriginal word for the animal. Safety: big kangaroos can kick hard; keep away from wild ones.

In the corpora

• Kangaroos hop with springy tendons that store energy like a pogo stick, so hopping fast costs them hardly more energy than hopping slowly.
• Tree kangaroos live in rainforests, climb with strong arms and can leap many metres down to the ground without getting hurt.
• Arctic hares can hop on their back legs like a kangaroo when they run fast, and they sometimes gather in groups of hundreds.
• The Kangaroo was "a Different Animal with four short legs.
• "A few kangaroos loose in the top paddock" (Australia) means stupid or a bit mad.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kangaroo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.