1530s, from Middle French civette (15c.), ultimately (with Italian zibetto, Medieval Latin zibethum, Medieval Greek zapetion) via lost intermediate forms from Arabic zabad "civet," said to be related to zabad "foam, froth," zubd "cream."
雙語例句
1. " Then you ought to leave it alone , " countered Doctor Civet.
“ 那你就不應(yīng)當(dāng)喝酒嘛. ” 希維特大夫堵她的嘴說.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 蓋茨比
2. For many years the leading fixatives were the animal products ambergris, civet, musk and castoreum.
多年來,用的較多的固定劑是動物制品龍涎香 、 香貓香 、 麝香、以及河貍香.
來自辭典例句
3. A civet cat ( Viverra zibetha ) of India and southeast Asia.
大靈貓產(chǎn)于印度和亞洲東南部的一種麝香貓 ( 靈貓 )
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. The virus could jump from civet cats to humans through continuous mutation.
該病毒可透過不斷變種,由果子貍傳往人類.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. The masked civet was suspected of being the chief culprit of SARS.