marmot

n. 土拨鼠 [医] 土拨鼠

发音

UK /ˈmɑː.mət/
其它
US /ˈmɑɹ.mət/

词形变化

marmots 复数 marmots

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

    旱獭

    土拨鼠

    鼧鼥

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

rodent gnawer

下位词 6

whistler groundhog woodchuck hoary marmot rock chuck whistling marmot

相关短语

hoary marmot [动物]灰白旱獭 （Marmota caligata,产于北美洲西北部） Himalayan marmot whistling marmot [网络] 口哨的旱獭 Vancouver Island marmot alpine marmot

词源

From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, the plural form of Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”); akin to Engadin Romansh murmont, Old High German muremunto (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier).

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