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weasel 音标拼音: [w'izəl] n. 鼬鼠,狡猾的人,告密者,含糊话
vi. 躲避,告密,含糊其词 鼬鼠,狡猾的人,告密者,含糊话躲避,告密,含糊其词 weasel n 1: a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky 2: small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neckWeasel \ Wea" sel\, n. [ OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyiv[ imac] sla, Dan. v[ aum] sel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. ?, ?, cat, weasel.] ( Zool.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus { Putorius}, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons. [ 1913 Webster] { Malacca weasel}, the rasse. { Weasel coot}, a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also { weasel duck}. { Weasel lemur}, a short- tailed lemur ({ Lepilemur mustelinus}). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white. [ 1913 Webster] 86 Moby Thesaurus words for " weasel": Argus, Cape polecat, Skimobile, Sno- Cat, ape, avoid, back and fill, bar, bear, blade, blench, blink, cat, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, coon, cringe, dodge, draw back, duck, eagle, equivocate, evade, fade, fall back, ferret, flinch, foumart, glutton, groundhog, guinea pig, hang back, hawk, hedge, hedgehog, hem and haw, hum and haw, jib, lynx, mince the truth, mince words, monk, monkey, mousehound, opossum, palter, parry, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, prevaricate, pull back, pussyfoot, quail, quill pig, raccoon, recoil, reel back, retreat, runner, sheer off, shrink, shrink back, shuffle, shy, sidestep, skunk, sled, sleigh, slink, sneaker, snowmobile, start aside, start back, swerve, tergiversate, turn aside, waffle, weasel out, whistle- pig, wince, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril |
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