"prairie dog" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 草原犬鼠

Definition

「草原犬鼠」是一種生活在北美大草原上的小型穴居囓齒動物，以羣體生活和發出尖銳警告叫聲著稱。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「prairie dog」只指這種特定囓齒動物，並非真正的狗。多用於討論野生動物、動物園或北美自然時，日常生活中不常用作比喻。

Examples

The prairie dog lives in underground tunnels with its family.

**草原犬鼠**和家人一起生活在地下通道裡。

We saw many prairie dogs at the zoo.

我們在動物園看到很多**草原犬鼠**。

A prairie dog makes a loud sound when danger is near.

當有危險靠近時，**草原犬鼠**會發出響亮的聲音。

Did you know prairie dogs communicate with each other by barking?

你知道**草原犬鼠**會透過叫聲相互溝通嗎？

On our trip to Colorado, we spotted a field full of prairie dogs popping up and down.

我們去科羅拉多旅行時，看到一片田野裡有許多**草原犬鼠**不斷冒出又縮回洞口。

Some people think prairie dogs are cute, but farmers often see them as pests.

有些人覺得**草原犬鼠**很可愛，但農夫常將牠們視為害蟲。