bandicoot

n. 袋狸 [医] 袋狸

发音

UK /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/
其它
US /ˈbændiˌkut/

词形变化

bandicoots 复数 bandicoots bandicooted bandicooting bandicoots 三单 bandicooting 现在分词 bandicooted 过去式 bandicooted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.

    袋狸

  2. 2.

    A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.

v.
  1. 1.

    To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed.

    澳大利亚 非正式

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

marsupial

下位词 3

bilby rabbit bandicoot rabbit-eared bandicoot

相关短语

bandicoot rat [网络] 鬼鼠；袋狸鼠 bandicoot rats pig-footed bandicoot 豚足袋狸 rabbit bandicoot [网络] 兔bandicoot typical bandicoot rabbit-eared bandicoot [网络] 兔耳蜗bandicoot golden bandicoot southern brown bandicoot northern brown bandicoot

词源

Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.

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