leopard
noun [ C ] uk/ˈlep.əd/ us/ˈlep.ɚd/
B2 豹
a large wild cat that has yellow fur with black spots on it and lives in Africa and southern Asia
- More examples
- The leopard seizes its kill and begins to eat.
- We saw some leopards under the trees.
- Have you ever seen a leopard?
- He was badly mauled by a leopard.
- The zoo has three leopards.
Idiom
a leopard can't/doesn't change its spotsidiom saying 江山易改，本性难移。
something you say that means a person's character, especially if it is bad, will not change, even if they pretend that it will