ermine

FREQ #44871

n. 白鼬, 白鼬毛皮 [法] 法官职位, 法官制服

发音

UK /ˈɜːmɪn/
其它
US /ˈɝmɪn/

词形变化

ermines 复数 ermines ermined ermines 三单 ermining ermining 现在分词 ermined 过去式 ermined 过去分词

别名

er. ermin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

    白鼬

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  2. 2.

    The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.

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  3. 3.

    The office of a judge.

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  4. 4.

    The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.

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  5. 5.

    Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae

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v.
  1. 1.

    To clothe with ermine.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    In blazon, of the colour ermine (white with black spots).

    政治 纹章

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

fur weasel pelt

下位词 1

stoat

相关短语

ermine moth ermine moths bird-cherry ermine raise to the ermine raises to the ermine raising to the ermine raised to the ermine

词源

From Middle English ermine, ermin, ermyn, from Old French ermin, ermine, hermine. There are two main theories for the origin of Old French ermine. Germanic origin is suggested via Old Dutch *harmino (“stoat skin”), from *harmo (“stoat, weasel”) (compare Dutch hermelijn and dialectal herm), from Proto-Germanic *harmǭ, *harmô (compare Old English hearma, Old High German harmo (harmin (adjective), obsolete German Harm), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱormō (compare Romansh carmun, obsolete Lithuanian šarmuõ). Romance sources identify the animal with the corresponding word for Armenian, possibly from Medieval Latin mūs Armenius (“Armenian mouse”) or a posterior compound.

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