ichneumon

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), found in Africa and southern Europe.
    — when the Ichneumon is to grapple with the Crocodile, he walloweth his body in the mire, then lets the same drie and harden upon him[…].
  2. An ichneumon wasp.
    — Ada's unique Lorelei Underwing had died, paralyzed by some ichneumon that had not been deceived by those clever prominences and fungoid smudges.
  3. a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles and dragons

词形变化

ichneumons plural

词汇关系

衍生词
ichneumoned ichneumonized ichneumonology
相关词
ichnology ichnogram ichneumia

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin ichneumōn, from Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn, “tracker”), from ἴχνος (íkhnos, “track, footstep”).
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