squirrel
英 ['skw?r(?)l]
美['skw?r?l]
- n. 松鼠；松鼠毛皮
- vt. 貯藏
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詞態變化
復數:?squirrels;
中文詞源
squirrel 松鼠
來自盎格魯法語 esquirel,來自古法語 escurueil,來自拉丁語 sciurus,來自希臘語 skiouros,松鼠， 來自 skia,影子，詞源同 sciophobia,影子恐懼癥，oura,尾巴，屁股，詞源同 arse.因松鼠巨大 的尾巴而得名。
英文詞源
- squirrel
- squirrel: [14] The squirrel’s name means etymologically ‘little shadow-tail’. It comes via Anglo-Norman esquirel from Vulgar Latin *scūriōlus, a diminutive form of *scūrius. This was an alteration of Latin sciūrus ‘squirrel’ (now the scientific name for the squirrel genus), which in turn came from Greek skíouros, a compound formed from skiá ‘shadow’ and ourá ‘tail’.
=> constable, establish, stand - squirrel (n.)
- early 14c., from Anglo-French esquirel, Old French escurueil "squirrel; squirrel fur" (Modern French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scuriolus, diminutive of *scurius "squirrel," variant of Latin sciurus, from Greek skiouros "a squirrel," literally "shadow-tailed," from skia "shadow" (see shine (v.)) + oura "tail," from PIE root *ors- "buttocks, backside" (see arse). Perhaps the original notion is "that which makes a shade with its tail." The Old English word was acweorna, which survived into Middle English as aquerne.
- squirrel (v.)
- "to hoard up, store away" (as a squirrel does nuts), 1939, from squirrel (n.). Related: Squirreled; squirreling.
雙語例句
- 1. The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.
- 松鼠貯藏堅果以備過冬.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
- 松鼠貯藏胡桃以備過冬.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.
- 一只灰色的松鼠在樹枝間跳來跳去.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The driver of the car sheered to avoid hitting the squirrel.
- 為了避免壓著松鼠,汽車司機偏轉了車子.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He saved like a lunatic squirrel for a new ice age.
- 他很象一只為防備新冰川期來臨而積攢糧食的松鼠.
來自辭典例句