ferret
ferret 英 [ˈferɪt] 美 [ˈfɛrɪt]
vt. 搜出，查获；驱出；用雪貂猎取 vi. 搜索，侦破 n. 雪貂；白鼬；侦探
进行时:ferreting 过去式:ferreted 过去分词:ferreted 第三人称单数:ferrets 名词复数:ferrets
- You may be familiar with ferrets, those adorable little mammals that look like cheap minks. Well, the verb to ferret means to act like a ferret: to dig for something until you find it.
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- vt. 搜出，查获；驱出；用雪貂猎取
- vi. 搜索，侦破
- n. 雪貂；白鼬；侦探
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1. This is why I strive to ferret out every conceivable observation or fact about a happening.
这就是我尽力搜罗有关事件的每一种可靠观察或每一件事实的原因。
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2. We only showed it in mice, so one has to extend this to other animal models—the ferret and the guinea pig.
我们现在只在老鼠身上实验成功，还需要扩展到更多的动物样本上——白鼬、雪貂和天竺鼠。
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3. He reached back in a practiced gesture to smooth down his ponytail, as if he were petting a cat or a ferret.
他用熟练的动作把手伸向脑后，梳弄着他的马尾辫子，好像在抚弄着一只小猫或者是一只白鼬。
- ferret (n.) late 14c., from Old French furet "ferret," diminutive of fuiron "weasel, ferret," literally "thief" (in allusion to the animal's slyness and craftiness), probably from Late Latin furionem (related to furonem "cat," which also meant "robber"), from Latin fur (genitive furis) "thief," probably from PIE *bhor- (which likely also is the source of furtive), from root *bher- (1) "to bear, carry." Also from the French word are Dutch fret, German Frett. Ferret-faced is from 1837 (to have ferret-eyes is from 1580s).
- ferret (v.) early 15c., "hunt with a ferret," from ferret (n.) or from Old French verb fureter, in reference to the use of half-tame ferrets to kill rats and flush rabbits from burrows. The extended sense of "search out, discover," especially by perseverence and cunning, usually with out (adv.), is from 1570s. Related: Ferreted; ferreting.
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