weasel
weasel 英 [ˈwi:zl] 美 [ˈwizəl]
vi. 逃避；含糊其辞 n. 鼬鼠；狡猾的人
名词复数:weasels
- A weasel is a sneaky and sly person. Your weasel of a friend has a habit of "forgetting" his wallet every time he goes out to dinner with you.
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- vi. 逃避；含糊其辞
- n. 鼬鼠；狡猾的人
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1. A weasel ran off with a chick in its mouth.
黄鼠狼叼走一只小鸡。
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2. This is a picture of a weasel I found in Northern Minnesota.
这是我在明尼苏达州北部所发现的一只黄鼠的照片。
- weasel (n.) Old English weosule, wesle "weasel," from Proto-Germanic *wisulon (source also of Old Norse visla, Middle Dutch wesel, Dutch wezel, Old High German wisula, German Wiesel), probably related to Proto-Germanic *wisand- "bison" (see bison), with a base sense of "stinking animal," because both animals have a foul, musky smell (compare Latin vissio "stench"). A John Wesilheued ("John Weaselhead") turns up on the Lincolnshire Assize Rolls for 1384, but the name seems not to have endured, for some reason. Related: Weaselly.
- weasel (v.) "to deprive (a word or phrase) of its meaning," 1900, from weasel (n.); so used because the weasel sucks out the contents of eggs, leaving the shell intact. Both this and weasel-word are first attested in "The Stained-Glass Political Platform," a short story by Stewart Chaplin, first printed in "Century Magazine," June 1900:
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