"gopher" in Chinese (Traditional)
地鼠
Definition
地鼠是一種生活在北美和中美洲、會在地下打洞的小型囓齒動物。非正式情況下也可指專門跑腿或做雜務的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
作為動物,'gopher' 指數種北美洲的小型囓齒動物。日常語中可形容專門跑腿、做雜事的人,多見於北美,華語中較少用於這個語義。
Examples
A gopher is digging holes in our garden.
一隻**地鼠**正在我們的花園裡打洞。
The gopher lives underground.
**地鼠**生活在地下。
I saw a gopher at the zoo yesterday.
我昨天在動物園看到了**地鼠**。
I spent the whole summer trying to get rid of gophers in my yard.
我整個夏天都在試著清除院子裡的**地鼠**。
At my first job, I was just the office gopher, running around doing errands for everyone.
我第一份工作時就是辦公室裡的**打雜小工**,幫每個人跑腿。
If you need something, just ask the gopher over there—he's happy to help.
你要什麼就和那邊的**打雜小工**說,他很樂意幫忙。