udder

FREQ #45752

n. (母牛等的)乳房 [医] 乳房(牛羊等)

发音

UK /ˈʌdə/
AU
US /ˈʌdɚ/

词形变化

udders 复数 udders

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

    乳房

    squeeze the udder to get milk

  2. 2.

    A woman's breast.

    俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

bag

上位词 2

mamma mammary gland

整体词 6

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词源

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.

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