lemming

FREQ #47165

n. 旅鼠

发音

UK /lɛm.ɪŋ/
其它

词形变化

lemmings 复数 lemmings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

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  2. 2.

    A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.

    旅鼠

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

rodent gnawer

下位词 1

northern bog lemming

相关短语

Norway lemming wood lemming steppe lemming collared lemming northern bog lemming [网络] 北方沼泽地

词源

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek. Sense 2 derives from a longstanding myth that they exhibit so much herd mentality that populations jump off cliffs to their deaths together.

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