desman

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛsmən/    美 /ˈdɛz.mən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semiaquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe.
    — Unlike the Russian desman, the Pyrenean species lives along fast-flowing mountain streams.

词形变化

desmans plural

词源

From French desman, German Desman, from Swedish desmanråtta (“muskrat”), from desman (“musk”, older also desma, desme), from Middle Low German dēsem, from Old Saxon desamo, alteration of *besamo (cf. Old High German bisamo), from Late Latin bisamum (“musk”), from Hebrew בושם (bāśām, bōśem). Doublet of balm and balsam.
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