词族 · lemming
词形变化
中文词源
lemming 旅鼠
来自挪威语。
英语词源
- lemming (n.)
- small arctic rodent, c. 1600, from Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lomundr "lemming." Perhaps from Lapp luomek. Figurative sense (in reference to their mass migrations that sometimes end in plunges into the sea) is from 1958.
权威例句
- 1. Lemming-like we rushed into certain disaster.
- 我们像旅鼠一样忙不迭地投入灾难。
- 2. The soldiers continued their advance, possessed by some lemming like instinct for self - destruction.
- 士兵们持续他们的前进, 像某些旅鼠 自我 毁灭的天性般著魔.
- 3. North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged.
- 冬季为白色皮毛且一些爪非常大的北美洲旅鼠.