记忆方法
将“muskrat”分解为“musk”和“rat”，其中“musk”代表一种动物身上特有的麝香，而“rat”是老鼠的意思。想象一种老鼠身上带有麝香味道的动物，这样就容易记住“muskrat”是麝鼠这种动物。
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词族 · muskrat
词形变化
中文词源
muskrat 麝鼠
来自北美印第安某土著语言musquash,形如鼠，散发麝香味，拼写被俗化。
英语词源
- muskrat (n.)
- also musk-rat, 1610s, alteration (by association with musk and rat) of musquash, from Algonquian (probably Powhatan) muscascus, literally "it is red," so called for its colorings. From cognate Abenaki muskwessu comes variant form musquash (1620s).
权威例句
- 1. Muskrat fur almost equals beaver fur in quality.
- 麝鼠皮在质量上几乎和海獭皮不相上下.
- 2. Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer - James Fenimore Cooper.
- ‘麝鼠城堡’这个名字是一些爱开玩笑的官员给这座房子取的滑稽名字 —— 詹姆士·菲里莫尔·库珀.
- 3. Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer.
- 麝鼠城堡作为房屋的名称,是由某些诙谐的官员起的滑稽名称.