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rodent

英 ['rəʊd(ə)nt] 美 ['rodnt]

解释

adj. 啮齿类的；咬的，嚼的；侵蚀性的
n. [脊椎] 啮齿动物

※ 提供单词"rodent"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

rodent 啮齿动物

来自拉丁语 Rodentia,啮齿动物目，来自拉丁语 rodere,咬，啃，来自 PIE*red,咬，抓，刮，词源同 rat,raze,eraser.

英文词源

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 rætt (see rat (n.)).

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例句和用法

1. Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus.: 研究人员观察到一只鸟把一只啮齿动物钉在一棵仙人掌上。

2. When there is a full moon, this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.: 月圆之夜，这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。

3. 'The rat,'said O'Brien, still addressing his invisible audience,'although a rodent, is carnivorous.: “ 老鼠, ”奥勃良仍向看不见的听众说, “ 是啮齿动物, 但是也食肉.

4. This small rodent can scoop a long, narrow tunnel in a very short time.: 这只海狸能在短时间内挖出一条长且窄的洞.

5. Did the rodent droppings have any specific shape or form?: 老鼠的排泄物有什么特别的形状吗 ?