| 释义 |
〔lemming〕Any of various small, thickset rodents, especially of the genusLemmus, inhabiting northern regions and known for periodic mass migrations that sometimes end in drowning. 旅鼠：一种体形短小但很健壮的啮齿目动物，尤指旅鼠 属动物。它居住在北方地区，以其有时以淹死来结束生命的季节性群体迁徙而闻名 〔muskrat〕A large aquatic rodent(Ondatra zibethica) of North America, related to the lemming and the vole and having a dense brown coat and musk glands under a broad, flat tail. Also called musquash ,water rat 麝鼠：一种美洲北部的大型水生啮齿动物（麝香鼠） ，与旅鼠和田鼠有关，长有深褐色皮毛和宽而扁的尾巴（下有放出麝香味的分泌腺） 也作 musquash,water rat |