meerkat

来自荷兰语meerkat,来自meer,湖，沼泽，词源同mere,marsh,kat,猫，词源同cat.字面意思即沼泽野猫，后用以指灰沼狸。

meerkat (n.)

late 15c., "monkey," from Dutch meerkat "monkey" (related to Old High German mericazza), apparently from meer "lake" + kat "cat." But compare Hindi markat, Sanskrit markata "ape," which might serve as a source of a Teutonic folk-etymology, even though the word was in Germanic before any known direct contact with India. First applied to the small South African mammals in 1801.

1. For meerkat children , it's sometimes pays to play with their food.

小猫鼬有时候会玩弄它们的食物.

2. A meerkat's inevitably maturing voice may be crucial for its colony's survival.

狐獴的声音会不可避免地变得成熟,这对狐獴群落的生存而言可能是至关重要的.

3. For the meerkat family unable to leave the desert plains, life is now really tough.

猫鼬一家无法离开这个沙漠平原, 现在的日子过得十分艰难.

4. A meerkat investigated a clipboard during the annual animal count at London Zoo.

在年度动物清点中,一只狐獴正查看一块记录板.