a large wild animal of the cat family that has orange fur with black stripes (= narrow lines) and lives in parts of Asia 虎;老虎 compare tigress see also paper tigerExtra ExamplesTopics Animalsa2A tiger was often seen prowling around the village. 经常看到一只老虎在村子周围悄悄走动。 The zookeeper was mauled to death by a tiger. 动物园饲养员被老虎咬死了。 a tiger-print skirt (= with a striped pattern like a tiger's fur) 老虎印花裙
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- man-eating
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, from Greek.