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(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?squirrels;

中文詞源


squirrel 松鼠

來(lái)自盎格魯法語(yǔ) esquirel,來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) escurueil,來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) sciurus,來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ) skiouros,松鼠, 來(lái)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(yǔ)例句


1. The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.
松鼠貯藏堅(jiān)果以備過(guò)冬.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(guò)冬.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(shù)枝間跳來(lái)跳去.

來(lái)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(jī)偏轉(zhuǎn)了車子.

來(lái)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(lái)臨而積攢糧食的松鼠.

來(lái)自辭典例句