reindeer

来自古诺斯语 hreindyri,来自 dyr,动物，鹿，词源同 deer,鹿，hreinn,驯鹿，来自 PIE*ker,角， 词源同 horn.该词 rein-本身已经表示鹿，与 rein（缰绳）没有词源联系，巧合的是，这种鹿 确实大量的被人工驯养并用于拉雪橇。

reindeer (n.)

c. 1400, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hreindyri "reindeer," from dyr "animal" (see deer) + hreinn, by itself the usual name for the animal, from Proto-Germanic *khrinda- (cognates: Old English hran "reindeer;" German Renn "reindeer," which was altered by folk etymology influence of rennen "to run;" Swedish ren-ko "female reindeer," with ko "cow" (n.)).

Probably from PIE *krei-, from base *ker- (1) "horn, head," with derivatives referring to horned animals (both male and female reindeer have horns; those of the male are remarkable), and thus perhaps cognate with Greek krios "ram" (see kerato-). Older sources connect it to words in Lapp or Finnish. French renne, Spanish reno, Italian renna ultimately are from Germanic.

1. Reindeer receded northward and eastward, and bison and horse followed.

驯鹿向北方和东方撤退, 野牛和马也随之而去.

2. The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.

驯鹿时代人的生活是一种边区生活.

3. The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.

那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来.

4. I thought the magical reindeer made The sleighs fly.

不是魔法驯鹿让雪橇扶摇直上的吗?

5. Their traditional livelihood revolves around reindeer, which number about 200,000 in Finland.

他们传统的生计是靠芬兰国内的大约20万只驯鹿.