polecat

n. 北美产之臭鼬类；臭猫

发音

UK /ˈpəʊlkæt/
其它
US /ˈpoʊlˌkæt/

词形变化

polecats 复数 polecats

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several long-bodied mammals of the subfamilies Mustelinae and Ictonychinae, both in the weasel family Mustelidae.

  2. 2.

    Any of several long-bodied mammals of the subfamilies Mustelinae and Ictonychinae, both in the weasel family Mustelidae.

    Notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.

    By the little garden pergola open to the winds some fluttered peacocks were blotted nervelessly amid the dripping trees, their heads sunk back beneath their wings: while in the pergola itself, like a fallen storm-cloud, lolled a negress, her levelled, polecat eyes semi-veiled by the nebulous alchemy of the rainbow.

  3. 3.

    A skunk.

  4. 4.

    A tubular device used to support lights on a set.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

skunk fitch foulmart foumart wood pussy

上位词 2

mustelid musteline

下位词 5

ferret hog-nosed skunk hooded skunk spotted skunk striped skunk

相关短语

marbled polecat 虎鼬 European polecat 艾虎 stink like a polecat stinks like a polecat stinking like a polecat stank like a polecat stunk like a polecat

词源

From Middle English polcat, pulkat, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle English *pole, *poule (“hen”), from Old French poule (“hen”) + Middle English cat. Compare English foulmart.

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