prairie dog

短语

n. 草原土拨鼠

发音

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词形变化

prairie dogs 复数 prairie dogs prairie dogs 三单 prairie dogging 现在分词 prairie dogged 过去式 prairie dogged 过去分词

别名

prairie-dog

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.

    草原犬鼠

    草原松鼠

v.
  1. 1.

    To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his burrow.

    习语 不及物 及物
  2. 2.

    To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.

    委婉 习语 俚语

    2001, Andy Breckman, Rat Race [Kimberly needs to go to the bathroom] Dad, I'm prairie dogging it! What the hell does that mean? You know, like when a prairie dog sticks his head in and out of the ground.

    2011, Various, David Mack, James Robinson, Ty Templeton, Alan Moore, Jeph Loeb, Kurt Busiek, Vampirella Masters Series 4: The Lost Tales ...They are gonna get a mouthful and a pantful. Crappin their shorts all the way into next week... Yeah those little bastards will be prairie dogging it all the way home!

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

rodent gnawer

词源

From prairie + dog (“from their yelping alarm calls”).

来源：wiktionary