bandicoot

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈbændɪˌkuːt/    /ˈbændiˌkut/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
    — At the rustle of a bandicoot we noticed the upraised gleam of eyes around the fires.
  2. A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.
动词 v.
  1. To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed. Australia,informal
    — ‘Well, the abos ‘bandicooted’ his peanuts.’

词形变化

bandicoots plural bandy-coot alternative,obsolete bandicoots present,singular,third-person bandicooting participle,present bandicooted participle,past bandicooted past bandy-coot alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.
词源 2
Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.
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