muskrat

FREQ #47019

n. 麝鼠

发音

其它 /ˈmʌskɹæt/

词形变化

muskrats 复数 muskrats

别名

'rat rat musk-rat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.

    麝鼠

    1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 187. He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.

  2. 2.

    Any of several shrews in the family Soricidae, especially an Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus).

  3. 3.

    A bandicoot rat.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

musquash

上位词 4

fur rodent pelt gnawer

相关短语

muskrat root muskrat weed muskrat roots Louisiana muskrat

词源

Perhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called by an Algonquian name like the Abenaki moskwas, with the spelling altered under the influence of the English words musk and rat.

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