hamster

FREQ #13146

n. 仓鼠 [医] 仓鼠

发音

US /ˈhæm(p)stɚ/
UK

词形变化

hamsters 复数 hamsters hamstered hamstering hamsters 三单 hamstering 现在分词 hamstered 过去式 hamstered 过去分词

别名

hampster

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

    仓鼠

    The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.

  2. 2.

    Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

    In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.

  3. 3.

    Any of various other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).

v.
  1. 1.

    To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.

    及物/不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

rodent gnawer

下位词 2

golden hamster Syrian hamster

相关短语

hamster wheel hamster ball hamster balls hamster wheels hamster style hamster wheeling hamster wheeled Chinese hamster ovary cell Chinese hamster ovary cells idea hamster golden hamster 金地鼠, 金黄田鼠, 金色仓鼠; 金仓鼠 Chinese hamster Djungarian hamster Dzungarian hamster rationalization hamster

词源

Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.

来源：wiktionary