ferret

英 ['fer?t] 美['f?r?t]

英英釋義實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句

近義詞search hunt

vt. 搜出，查獲；驅(qū)出；用雪貂獵取
vi. 搜索，偵破
n. 雪貂；白鼬；偵探
n. (Ferret)人名；(法)費(fèi)雷；(英)費(fèi)里特

TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯哺乳動(dòng)物

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?ferrets;第三人稱單數(shù):?ferrets;過(guò)去式:?ferreted;過(guò)去分詞:?ferreted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?ferreting;

助記提示

1. A ferret is etymologically a 'furtive' animal.
2. A ferret is, from an etymological point of view, a 'thieving animal'.
3. furtive => ferret "little theft animal".
4. 偷偷搬東西、偷偷搬吃的的小動(dòng)物(-et)。

中文詞源

ferret 雪貂，搜尋

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)fur,賊，詞源同furtive. 因這種動(dòng)物輕快的速度而得名。參照電視劇《天龍八部》。

英文詞源

ferret: ferret: [14] A ferret is, from an etymological point of view, a ‘thieving animal’. The word comes via Old French fuiret or furet from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus, literally ‘little thief’. This was a derivative of Latin fūr ‘thief’, which is related to English furtive. The verbal senses ‘search about’ and ‘search out’ developed in the 16th century.
=> furtive
ferret (v.): early 15c., "hunt with a ferret," from ferret (n.) or from Old French verb fureter, in reference to the use of half-tame ferrets to kill rats and flush rabbits from burrows. The extended sense of "search out, discover," especially by perseverence and cunning, usually with out (adv.), is from 1570s. Related: Ferreted; ferreting.
ferret (n.): late 14c., from Old French furet "ferret," diminutive of fuiron "weasel, ferret," literally "thief" (in allusion to the animal's slyness and craftiness), probably from Late Latin furionem (related to furonem "cat," which also meant "robber"), from Latin fur (genitive furis) "thief," probably from PIE *bhor- (which likely also is the source of furtive), from root *bher- (1) "to carry" (see infer). Also from the French word are Dutch fret, German Frett. Ferret-faced is from 1837 (to have ferret-eyes is from 1580s).