beaver

英 ['biːvə]美 ['bivɚ]
  • n. 海狸；海狸皮毛
  • n. (Beaver)人名；(英)比弗
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中文词源

beaver 海狸

来自PIE *bhebhrus, 词根重复构词，来自词根bher, 棕色的，见bear, 熊。

英文词源

beaver
beaver: [OE] Like bear, beaver appears to mean etymologically ‘brown animal’. Old English beofor or befor came from a prehistoric West and North Germanic *bebruz, which in turn went back to an Indo-European *bhebhrús, a derivative of the base *bhru- ‘brown’. Other words for ‘beaver’ from the same source include Czech bobr, Lithuanian bebrùs, and Latin fiber.
beaver (n.)
Old English beofor, befer (earlier bebr), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (cognates: Old Saxon bibar, Old Norse bjorr, Middle Dutch and Dutch bever, Low German bever, Old High German bibar, German Biber), from PIE *bhebhrus, reduplication of root *bher- (3) "brown, bright" (cognates: Lithuanian bebrus, Czech bobr, Welsh befer; see bear (n.) for the likely reason for this). Gynecological sense ("female genitals, especially with a display of pubic hair") is 1927 British slang, transferred from earlier meaning "a bearded man" (1910), from the appearance of split beaver pelts.

双语例句

1. Ask young Harry to do it — he's still an eager beaver and wants to impress by his willingness.
请年轻的亨利干吧——他仍然是个雄心勃勃的人,并努力使人对他的投入留下深刻印象.
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2. The hat is made of beaver.
这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的.
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3. These young people beaver away at school.
这些年轻人在学校里用功苦读.
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4. The beaver is very good.
海狸皮是上好的.
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5. The man is an eager beaver.
那人工作很卖力.
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