beaver

英 [\"biːvə] 美 [\"bivɚ]

• 翻译

  n. 海狸；海狸皮毛

  n. (Beaver)人名；(英)比弗

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n. 海狸；海狸皮毛

n. (Beaver)人名；(英)比弗

beaver 海狸

来自PIE *bhebhrus, 词根重复构词，来自词根bher, 棕色的，见bear, 熊。

beaver

beaver:

[OE] Like

bear

,

beaver

appears to mean etymologically ‘brown animal’. Old English

beofor

or

befor

came from a prehistoric Westa,n,dNorth Germanic *

bebruz

, which in turn went back to an Indo-European *

bhebhrús

, a derivative of the base *

bhru

- ‘brown’. Other words for ‘beaver’ from the same source include Czech

bobr

, Lithuanian

bebrùs

,a,n,dLatin

fiber

.

beaver (n.)

Old English

beofor

,

befer

(earlier

bebr

), from Proto-Germanic

*bebruz

(cognates: Old Saxon

bibar

, Old Norse

bjorr

, Middle Dutcha,n,dDutch

bever

, Low German

bever

, Old High German

bibar

, German

Biber

), from PIE

*bhebhrus

, reduplication of root

*bher-

(3) \\\\\\\"brown, bright\\\\\\\" (cognates: Lithuanian

bebrus

, Czech

bobr

, Welsh

befer

; see bear (n.) for the likely reason for this). Gynecological sense (\\\\\\\"female genitals, especially with a display of pubic hair\\\\\\\") is 1927 British slang, transferred from earlier meaning \\\\\\\"a bearded man\\\\\\\" (1910), from the appearance of split beaver pelts.

1. Ask young Harry to do it — he\\\\\\\"s still an eager

beaver

a,n,dwants to impress by his willingness.

请年轻的亨利干吧——他仍然是个雄心勃勃的人,并努力使人对他的投入留下深刻印象.

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2. The hat is made of

beaver

.

这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的.

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3. These young people

beaver

away at school.

这些年轻人在学校里用功苦读.

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4. The

beaver

is very good.

海狸皮是上好的.

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5. The man is an eager

beaver

.

那人工作很卖力.

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