ferret

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 fĕr'ət

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the European polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
  2. A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents, clothing, etc. or along the edge of fabric. dated
    — red tape and green ferret
  3. A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).
  4. A diligent searcher. figuratively
    — The most challenging documentary discoveries were made by a tenacious archival ferret, Dr Antonio Bertoletti. In 1879 he published his findings in a slim, refreshingly dry volume, Francesco Cenci e la sua Famiglia.
动词 v.
  1. To hunt game with ferrets.
  2. To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out. ambitransitive,broadly
    — Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.

词形变化

ferrets plural ferrets present,singular,third-person ferreting participle,present ferreted participle,past ferreted past

词汇关系

衍生词
chutney ferret exercise the ferret ferret-badger ferreter ferret-faced ferret-legging ferretlike ferrety hob-ferret reverse ferret ferret about ferret around ferret out
相关词
furtive

词源

词源 1
From Middle English furet, ferret, from Old French furet, from Vulgar Latin *furittum (“weasel, ferret”), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s
Proto-Italic *flōs
Latin flōrem
Italian fiore
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Italian -etto
Italian fiorettobor.
English ferret
Borrowed from Italian fioretto.
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