moose
/muːs/noun
उच्चारण मूस
मूस (बड़ा हिरण)
Basic word
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[C] especially AmE
a large deer with very big flat antlers (British elk)
मूस (बड़ा हिरण)
- a moose in the forest
- The tourists saw a moose by the lake in Canada.
- A moose can weigh as much as a small car.
+ 2 more examples
- Moose feed on water plants and the leaves of trees.
- The driver braked hard when a moose stepped onto the road.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
moose (same singular and plural)
Moose does not change in the plural: one moose, two moose. Adding -s (mooses) is not standard.
'Moose' का बहुवचन वही रहता है: one moose, two moose। '-s' जोड़कर 'mooses' लिखना मानक नहीं है।
- We saw a moose near the lake in Canada.
- Several moose were crossing the road.
moose + verb (singular and plural agreement)
The verb agrees with the meaning: a single moose takes is/was, a group takes are/were.
क्रिया अर्थ के अनुसार बदलती है: एक moose के साथ is/was और कई के साथ are/were आती है।
- The moose is standing in the river.
- The moose are moving north for the summer.
moose versus elk (British and American use)
In North America, moose is the large deer with flat antlers; British English calls the same animal an elk, while an American elk is a different, smaller deer.
उत्तरी अमेरिका में 'moose' चौड़े सींगों वाला बड़ा हिरण है; British English में उसी जानवर को 'elk' कहते हैं, जबकि American 'elk' एक अलग, छोटा हिरण है।
- What Americans call a moose, British books may call an elk.
- A moose is much larger than an American elk.
a bull / cow / calf moose
Male, female and young animals have special names: a bull moose, a cow moose and a calf.
नर, मादा और बच्चे के विशेष नाम होते हैं: bull moose, cow moose और calf।
- The bull moose has huge antlers.
- A cow moose and her calf grazed by the river.
+Collocations 4
adjective + moose
wildgiantmalefemaleyoungstartled
- A startled moose ran into the forest.
moose + noun
antlerscalfmeatherdhabitathunting
- The moose calf stayed close to its mother.
verb + moose
spothuntphotographprotecttrack
- The tourists hoped to spot a moose near the lake.
moose + preposition
moose in the forestmoose by the rivermoose in Canadamoose of Alaska
- Alaska is famous for its moose and bears.
“More examples 5
- The moose is the largest member of the deer family.
Moose हिरण परिवार का सबसे बड़ा सदस्य है।
- In winter, moose scrape bark from trees to eat.
सर्दियों में moose खाने के लिए पेड़ों की छाल खुरचते हैं।
- Radhika read in her geography book that moose live in the cold forests of the north.
राधिका ने भूगोल की पुस्तक में पढ़ा कि moose उत्तर के ठंडे जंगलों में रहते हैं।
- A moose can swim for long distances in cold water.
एक moose ठंडे पानी में लंबी दूरी तक तैर सकता है।
- The antlers of a bull moose may spread more than a metre wide.
नर moose के सींग एक मीटर से अधिक चौड़े फैल सकते हैं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ We saw two mooses in the forest.
✓ We saw two moose in the forest.
Moose has the same form in the plural.
'Moose' का बहुवचन वही रहता है।
✗ A moose are standing near the lake.
✓ A moose is standing near the lake.
A single animal takes the singular verb is.
एक जानवर के साथ एकवचन क्रिया 'is' आती है।
§Grammar and usage
Plural moose (same as singular).
Plural moose (singular जैसा)।