squirrel
squirrel 英 [ˈskwɪrəl] 美 [ˈskwɜrəl]
n. 松鼠 vt. 贮藏
名词复数:squirrels
- Squirrels are rodents that live in trees and have big, bushy tails. You've probably seen many squirrels in the park eating acorns and seeds.
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- n. 松鼠
- vt. 贮藏
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1. The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.
松鼠贮藏坚果以备过冬。
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2. She had money squirrelled away in various bank accounts.
她把钱储存在几个不同的银行账户上。
- squirrel (n.) early 14c., from Anglo-French esquirel, Old French escurueil "squirrel; squirrel fur" (Modern French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scuriolus, diminutive of *scurius "squirrel," variant of Latin sciurus, from Greek skiouros "a squirrel," literally "shadow-tailed," from skia "shadow" (see Ascians) + oura "tail," from PIE root *ors- "buttocks, backside" (see arse). Perhaps the original notion is "that which makes a shade with its tail," but Beekes writes that this "looks like a folk etymology rather than a serious explanation." The Old English word was acweorna, which survived into Middle English as aquerne.
- squirrel (v.) "to hoard up, store away" (as a squirrel does nuts), 1939, from squirrel (n.). Related: Squirreled; squirreling.
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