squirrel

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/    /ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/|/ˈskwɝ(ə)l/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.
    — tree squirrels
  2. Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.; Any of those distinguished typically by a large bushy tail; any of the tree squirrels of subfamily Sciurinae or phenotypically similar sciurids. especially
  3. Someone who displays squirrel-like qualities such as stealing or hoarding objects.
  4. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
  5. A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner. derogatory,often
动词 v.
  1. To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use transitive
  2. To become distracted intransitive

词形变化

squirrels plural squirril alternative,obsolete squirrels present,singular,third-person squirreling US,participle,present squirrelling UK,participle,present squirreled US,participle,past squirreled US,past squirrelled UK,participle,past squirrelled UK,past squirril alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel (whence French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “shadow-tail”, from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)).
Displaced native Middle English acquerne, aquerne, from Old English ācweorna. See dialectical English con and puristic English oakwern.
词源 2
From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel (whence French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “shadow-tail”, from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)).
Displaced native Middle English acquerne, aquerne, from Old English ācweorna. See dialectical English con and puristic English oakwern.
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