polecat

英 ['pəʊlkæt] 美['pol'kæt]
  • n. 北美产之臭鼬类;臭猫

英英释义


1. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
2. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

实用场景例句


ENERGY DYNAMICS OF THE POPULATION OF POLECAT IN THE ALPINE MEADOW ECOSYSTEM.
高寒草甸生态系统.

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中文词源


polecat 臭鼬

来自古法语poule,母鸡,家禽,词源同pullet,-e,表阴性,cat,猫,即吃鸡禽的猫。或来自古法语pulent,发臭的,来自PIE*pu,腐烂,词源同pus,putrefy.

双语例句


1. ENERGY DYNAMICS OF THE POPULATION OF POLECAT IN THE ALPINE MEADOW ECOSYSTEM.
高寒草甸生态系统.

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英文词源


polecat (n.)
early 14c., from cat (n.); the first element is perhaps Anglo-French pol, from Old French poule "fowl, hen" (see pullet (n.)); so called because it preys on poultry [Klein]. The other alternative is that the first element is from Old French pulent "stinking," for obvious reasons. Originally the European Putorius foetidus; also applied to related U.S. skunks since 1680s.

词态变化


复数: polecats;