rodent
英 ['r??d(?)nt]
美['rodnt]
- adj. 嚙齒類的；咬的，嚼的；侵蝕性的
- n. [脊椎] 嚙齒動物
TEM8TOEFL低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?rodents;
中文詞源
rodent 嚙齒動物
來自拉丁語 Rodentia,嚙齒動物目，來自拉丁語 rodere,咬，啃，來自 PIE*red,咬，抓，刮，詞 源同 rat,raze,eraser.
英文詞源
- rodent
- rodent: see rostrum
- rodent (n.)
- 1835 (as an adjective 1833), from Modern Latin Rodentia, the order name, from Latin rodentem (nominative rodens), present participle of rodere "to gnaw, eat away," from PIE root *red- "to scrape, scratch, gnaw" (cognates: Sanskrit radati "scrapes, gnaws," radanah "tooth;" Latin radere "to scrape;" Welsh rhathu "scrape, polish"). Uncertain connection to Old English r?tt (see rat (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus.
- 研究人員觀察到一只鳥把一只嚙齒動物釘在一棵仙人掌上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. When there is a full moon, this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.
- 月圓之夜，這種夜間活動的嚙齒類動物會小心地呆在地洞里不出來。
來自辭典例句
- 3. 'The rat,'said O'Brien, still addressing his invisible audience,'although a rodent, is carnivorous.
- “ 老鼠, ”奧勃良仍向看不見的聽眾說, “ 是嚙齒動物, 但是也食肉.
來自英漢文學(xué)
- 4. This small rodent can scoop a long, narrow tunnel in a very short time.
- 這只海貍能在短時(shí)間內(nèi)挖出一條長且窄的洞.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Did the rodent droppings have any specific shape or form?
- 老鼠的排泄物有什么特別的形狀 嗎 ?
來自電影對白