farrow

FREQ #22631

n. 一窝小猪, 猪的一胎

发音

UK /ˈfæɹəʊ/
其它
US /ˈfæɹoʊ/
US /ˈfɛɹoʊ/

词形变化

farrows 复数 farrows farrowed farroweth farrowing farrows 三单 farrowing 现在分词 farrowed 过去式 farrowed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A litter of piglets.

v.
  1. 1.

    To give birth to (a litter of piglets).

adj.
  1. 1.

    Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

farrowing

上位词 4

birth birthing giving birth parturition
动词

同义词 1

pig

上位词 5

have bear birth deliver give birth

词源

From Middle English *farow, *fargh (found only in the plural faren), from Old English fearh (“piglet”), from Proto-West Germanic *farh, from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”). See also Old High German farah, Middle Irish orc (“piglet”), Latin porcus, Proto-Slavic *porsę (“pig, piglet”), Lithuanian par̃šas, Avestan: 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (pər^əsa). Doublet of pork.

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