guinea pig

名词[动]豚鼠，天竺鼠; 试验品，实验对象

Called 'cuy' in Peru, Guinea pig is a stable source of income for farmers and holds an elevated place in Andean folklore.(在秘鲁，它成了农民的一项稳定的收入来源(看来吃的人还不少---小编),而且在安迪恩这个地方天竺鼠的价值还在提高。)

We only showed it in mice, so one has to extend this to other animal models—the ferret and the guinea pig.(我们只在老鼠身上实验成功，还需要扩展到其他的动物样本上——雪貂和豚鼠。)

METHODS The oxygen consumption of live cells of guinea pig was measured by Warburg instrument.(方法应用微量呼吸检压仪测定豚鼠肝细胞耗氧量。)

If you want a small pet that you can actually pet, a guinea pig is a good choice.(如果你只是想要一只小宠物，豚鼠是一个很好的选择。)

Objective To approach the biosynthesis power of phosphatidylethanolamine in affecting guinea pig tissues and physiological change.(目的探讨豚鼠不同组织中磷脂酰乙醇胺生物合成的能力及其生理意义。)

JEdit: The open source programmer's editor used as a guinea pig in this article.(jEdit：在这篇文章中，把开放源码的程序员的编辑器作为试验品。)

Daidzein could obviously antagonize gall bladder constriction in guinea pig.(大豆苷元可明显拮抗豚鼠离体胆囊收缩。)

Conclusion Guinea pig could be used as an effective and economical model of mammal in form deprived myopia study.(结论豚鼠可作为研究形觉剥夺性近视的一种经济有效的哺乳动物模型。)

Proper feeding and nutrition feeding your guinea pig is a fairly simple manner, though there are a few special needs that you should be aware of.(饲养天竺鼠是非常简单的，只需要适当的喂养方式和均衡的营养，虽然还有一些需要你注意的特殊的需求。)

The effect of Huoxinwan (HXW) on isolated working heart of guinea pig was observed.(采用离体豚鼠工作心脏，观察活心丸对心脏功能的影响。)

noun

1. stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy
often kept as a pet and widely used in research

Synonym: Cavia cobaya

2. a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures
someone who is an object of investigation

e.g. the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities

Synonym: subjectcase

1. 实验对象；试验品
If someone is used as a guinea pig in an experiment, something is tested on them that has not been tested on people before.

e.g. ...a human guinea pig...
人体实验对象
e.g. Nearly 500,000 pupils are to be guinea pigs in a trial run of the new 14-plus exams.
这种14岁以上学生参加的最新考试将在近50万名学生中试行。

2. 天竺鼠；豚鼠
A guinea pig is a small furry animal without a tail. Guinea pigs are often kept as pets.