1789, Native Australian name, from Dharruk (language formerly spoken in the area of Sydney) /din-go/ "tame dog," though the English used it to describe wild Australian dogs. Bushmen continue to call the animal by the Dharruk term /warrigal/ "wild dog."
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1. We then passed into narrative of the deaths of Captain Swosser and Professor Dingo.
后来,我们转而谈到斯沃塞舰长和丁格教授是怎么死的.
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2. God I'm hungry. I only had a dingo's breakfast this morning.
天啊,我肚子好饿, 我晃了一个早上,都还没吃早餐.
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3. Neither one sees the dingo approaching through the brush.
它们都没有看到野狗穿过灌木正在接近.
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4. His mother senses a nearby predator, but it's not the dingo.
它的妈妈感觉到附近有捕食者, 但不是野狗.
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5. The name of Professor Dingo is one of European reputation.