hamster: [17] The hamster is a native of western Asia and southeastern Europe, and its English name is of Slavic origin. In Old Slavic it was called chomestoru, and it appears that at some point in the past an ancestor of this was borrowed into Germanic. Old High German had hamustro, which became modern German hamster, source of the English word. In the 18th century the animal was also called the German rat.
hamster (n.)
c. 1600, from German Hamster, from Middle High German hamastra "hamster," probably from Old Church Slavonic chomestoru "hamster" (the animal is native to southeastern Europe), which is perhaps a blend of Russian chomiak and Lithuanian staras, both meaning "hamster." The older English name for it was German rat.
雙語例句
1. The hamster had got through the wire at the front of its cage.
倉鼠從其籠子前部的柵欄處鉆出去了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Methods: Using the thyroid implantation in camera anterior bulbi of hamster.
方法用大鼠進行眼前房甲狀腺埋植實驗.
來自互聯網
3. What do you, the trees, and a hamster have in common?
你是什么, 和樹木 、 倉鼠有共同點 嗎 ?
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4. The hamster curled up in the shreds of paper.
倉鼠蜷縮在碎紙屑里.
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5. You're like a little hamster trying to be a tiger.