otter
英 ['?t?]
美['ɑt?]
- n. 水獺；水獺皮
- n. (Otter)人名；(英、德、法、瑞典)奧特
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯哺乳動物
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?otters;
中文詞源
otter 水獺
來自古英語otor,來自Proto-Germanic*utraz,來自PIE*udros,水生物，來自PIE*wed,水，詞源同water,hydra.
英文詞源
- otter
- otter: [OE] The otter is etymologically the ‘wateranimal’. Its name goes back ultimately to an Indo-European *udros, source also of Greek húdrā ‘water-snake’ (the best-known example of which in English is the many-headed Hydra killed by Hercules). This was a derivative of the same base as produced English water. Its Germanic descendant was *otraz, which has become otter in German, Dutch, and English.
=> water - otter (n.)
- Old English otr, otor "otter," from Proto-Germanic *otraz (cognates: Old Norse otr, Swedish utter, Danish odder, Dutch otter, Old High German ottar, German Otter), from PIE *udros, literally "water-creature" (cognates: Sanskrit udrah, Avestan udra "otter;" Greek hydra "water-serpent," enydris "otter;" Latin lutra, Old Church Slavonic vydra, Lithuanian udra, Old Irish odoirne "otter"), from root *wed- (1) "water" (see water (n.1)). Sea otter attested from 1660s, also known as sea-ape.
雙語例句
- 1. Since 1977 otter hunting has been illegal.
- 捕獵水獺1977年以后就被列為非法了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Von Otter was superb both in the darkly dramatic songs, and in the lighter ones.
- 馮·奧特無論是演唱嚴肅的戲劇曲目還是較為輕松愉快的歌曲時，都表現(xiàn)得無可挑剔。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The otter , as knowing all the paths, took charge of the party.
- 水獺熟悉路徑, 擔任了向導.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Mrs. Otter , who did not like Clutton, pursed her lips.
- 奧特爾太太撇了撇嘴, 她不喜歡克拉頓.
來自辭典例句
- 5. On his way out Mrs. Otter asked him how he had been getting on.
- 出門時奧特太太問他情況怎么樣.
來自辭典例句