ferret

英 [\"ferɪt] 美 [\"fɛrɪt]

• 翻译

  vt. 搜出，查获；驱出；用雪貂猎取

  vi. 搜索，侦破

  n. 雪貂；白鼬；侦探

  n. (Ferret)人名；(法)费雷；(英)费里特

英 [\"ferɪt]||||||美 [\"fɛrɪt]

F

vt. 搜出，查获；驱出；用雪貂猎取

vi. 搜索，侦破

n. 雪貂；白鼬；侦探

n. (Ferret)人名；(法)费雷；(英)费里特

ferret 雪貂，搜寻

来自拉丁语fur,贼，词源同furtive. 因这种动物轻快的速度而得名。参照电视剧《天龙八部》。

ferret

ferret:

[14] A

ferret

is, from an etymological point of view, a ‘thieving animal’. The word comes via Old French

fuiret

or

furet

from Vulgar Latin *

fūrittus

, literally ‘little thief’. This was a derivative of Latin

fūr

‘thief’, which is related to English

furtive

. The verbal senses ‘search about’a,n,d‘search out’ developed in the 16th century.

=> furtive

ferret (v.)

early 15c., \\\\\\\"hunt with a ferret,\\\\\\\" from ferret (n.)o,rfrom Old French verb

fureter

, in reference to the use of half-tame ferrets to kill ratsa,n,dflush rabbits from burrows. The extended sense of \\\\\\\"search out, discover,\\\\\\\" especially by perseverencea,n,dcunning, usually with

out

(adv.), is from 1570s. Related:

Ferreted

;

ferreting

.

ferret (n.)

late 14c., from Old French

furet

\\\\\\\"ferret,\\\\\\\" diminutive of

fuiron

\\\\\\\"weasel, ferret,\\\\\\\" literally \\\\\\\"thief\\\\\\\" (in allusion to the animal\\\\\\\"s slynessa,n,dcraftiness), probably from Late Latin

furionem

(related to

furonem

\\\\\\\"cat,\\\\\\\" which also meant \\\\\\\"robber\\\\\\\"), from Latin

fur

(genitive

furis

) \\\\\\\"thief,\\\\\\\" probably from PIE

*bhor-

(which likely also is the source of furtive), from root

*bher-

(1) \\\\\\\"to carry\\\\\\\" (see infer). Also from the French word are Dutch

fret

, German

Frett

.

Ferret-faced

is from 1837 (to have

ferret-eyes

is from 1580s).

1. I leave it to the reader to

ferret

these out.

我留给读者去发现这些。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The team is trying to

ferret

out missing details.

该队正在试图找到遗失的细节。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She\\\\\\\"s determined to

ferret

out the truth.

她决心查明真相.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The police failed to

ferret

out the truth.

警察未能查明真相.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. She nonetheless continued to

ferret

about for possible jobs.

但她还是继续寻找可能的工作。

来自辞典例句

1. A ferret is etymologically a \\\\\\\"furtive\\\\\\\" animal.
2. A ferret is, from an etymological point of view, a \\\\\\\"thieving animal\\\\\\\".
3. furtive => ferret \\\\\\\"little theft animal\\\\\\\".
4. 偷偷搬东西、偷偷搬吃的的小动物(-et)。