squirrel

英 ['skw?r(?)l] 美['skw?r?l]

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復數:?squirrels;

squirrel 松鼠

來自盎格魯法語 esquirel,來自古法語 escurueil,來自拉丁語 sciurus,來自希臘語 skiouros,松鼠，來自 skia,影子，詞源同 sciophobia,影子恐懼癥，oura,尾巴，屁股，詞源同 arse.因松鼠巨大的尾巴而得名。

squirrel: squirrel: [14] The squirrel’s name means etymologically ‘little shadow-tail’. It comes via Anglo-Norman esquirel from Vulgar Latin *scūriōlus, a diminutive form of *scūrius. This was an alteration of Latin sciūrus ‘squirrel’ (now the scientific name for the squirrel genus), which in turn came from Greek skíouros, a compound formed from skiá ‘shadow’ and ourá ‘tail’.
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squirrel (n.): early 14c., from Anglo-French esquirel, Old French escurueil "squirrel; squirrel fur" (Modern French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scuriolus, diminutive of *scurius "squirrel," variant of Latin sciurus, from Greek skiouros "a squirrel," literally "shadow-tailed," from skia "shadow" (see shine (v.)) + oura "tail," from PIE root *ors- "buttocks, backside" (see arse). Perhaps the original notion is "that which makes a shade with its tail." The Old English word was acweorna, which survived into Middle English as aquerne.
squirrel (v.): "to hoard up, store away" (as a squirrel does nuts), 1939, from squirrel (n.). Related: Squirreled; squirreling.

4. The driver of the car sheered to avoid hitting the squirrel.: 為了避免壓著松鼠,汽車司機偏轉了車子.

5. He saved like a lunatic squirrel for a new ice age.: 他很象一只為防備新冰川期來臨而積攢糧食的松鼠.