pika

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n. 鼠兔

发音

/ˈpiːkə/
US /ˈpaɪkə/

词形变化

pikas 复数 pikas

别名

pica

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

    鼠兔

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词源

From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries. Probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare typologically German Pfeifhase (< pfeifen (+ Hase) << Latin pīpō), Czech pišťucha, Russian пищу́ха (piščúxa) (akin to пища́ть (piščátʹ), писк (pisk)).

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