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"weasel" in Chinese (Traditional)

鼬鼠

Definition

鼬鼠是一種體型小、身體細長的哺乳動物,以行動敏捷聞名。在非正式英文中,“weasel”也用來形容狡猾或不可信賴的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

作為動物時較正式、科學;形容人時是口語並有侮辱意味,多指“狡猾、靠不住的人”。常見片語有“weasel out of”(耍花招逃避)。勿與“ferret”(雪貂)、“mongoose”(貓鼬)混淆。

Examples

A weasel has a long, thin body.

**鼬鼠**有細長的身體。

We saw a weasel in the garden yesterday.

昨天我們在花園裡看到了一隻**鼬鼠**。

The weasel ran quickly into the bushes.

**鼬鼠**快速跑進了灌木叢。

He’s such a weasel—you can never trust what he says.

他真的是個**鼬鼠**——他說的話從不能信。

She tried to weasel out of doing her homework.

她試圖**耍滑頭**逃避做功課。

Don’t be a weasel—just admit you made a mistake!

別當**鼬鼠**了—承認你犯錯了吧!