okapi

noun

1. 㺢㹢狓（栖于非洲，长颈鹿科动物，黑色，腿部有白纹）
   an African animal that belongs to the same family as the giraffe , but is smaller with a dark body and white lines across its legs

1. "a comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit." But, like the giraffe, the okapi uses its long tongue to grab and eat leaves.
   温良的舌，是生命树。乖谬的嘴，使人心碎。霍加皮运用他的长舌来抓取食物（树叶）。
2. Archaic forms of life; primitive mammals; the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe.
   原始的生命形式；原始哺乳动物；短颈的俄卡皮鹿是长颈鹿的原始近亲。
3. In this paper, we propose a comprehensive method for XML indexing based on traditional IR system Okapi.
   本文提出了如何在传统文本检索系统Okapi的基础上构建XML索引的方法。

noun

1. similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

   Synonym:    Okapia johnstoni