muskrat的意思

muskrat

英式音标['mʌskræt]
美式英标['mʌskræt]

基本解释

n. 麝鼠；麝鼠毛皮

中文词源

muskrat 麝鼠

来自北美印第安某土著语言musquash,形如鼠，散发麝香味，拼写被俗化。

英文词源

muskrat (n.): also musk-rat, 1610s, alteration (by association with musk and rat) of musquash, from Algonquian (probably Powhatan) muscascus, literally "it is red," so called for its colorings. From cognate Abenaki muskwessu comes variant form musquash (1620s).

实用例句

1. Muskrat fur almost equals beaver fur in quality.: 麝鼠皮在质量上几乎和海獭皮不相上下.

2. Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer - James Fenimore Cooper.: ‘麝鼠城堡’这个名字是一些爱开玩笑的官员给这座房子取的滑稽名字 —— 詹姆士·菲里莫尔·库珀.

3. Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer.: 麝鼠城堡作为房屋的名称,是由某些诙谐的官员起的滑稽名称.

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