1774, from French couguar, Buffon's adaption (influenced by jaguar) of a word the Portuguese picked up in Brazil as ?u?uarana, perhaps from Tupi susuarana, from suasu "deer" + rana "false." Another proposed source is Guarani gua?u ara. Evidently the cedillas dropped off the word before Buffon got it. Slang sense of "older woman (35-plus) who seeks younger males as sex partners" is attested by 2002; said in some sources to have originated in Canada, probably from some reference to predatory feline nature.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey.
我看到一只美洲獅正在潛隨獵物.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. Today a 1967 Cougar in good condition is a collector's item.