otter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒt.ə/    美 /ˈɑtɚ/|[(ʔ)ɑɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae. countable,uncountable
  2. annatto (dye) obsolete,uncountable
  3. Archaic form of attar. alt-of,archaic,uncountable
    — […] the precious perfume called otter of roses.
  4. An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.; The flesh or fur of this animal uncountable
    — 'The Aleuts come from a country far to the north,' he said. 'Their ways are not ours nor is their language. They have come to take otter and to give us our share in many goods which they have and which we can use.
  5. A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset. countable,slang,uncountable

词形变化

otters plural otter plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bear otter European otter giant otter King Otter marine otter Maxwell's otter otter board otter civet Otter Creek Otterhound ottering otterish otterless otterlike otterly ottermode otter shell otter shrew otterskin Otter Tail County otter trawler otter trawling ottery river otter sea otter snot otter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Otter, Dutch otter, German Otter, Swedish utter, Norwegian oter, Icelandic otur, Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Russian вы́дра (výdra), and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “water snake”). Doublet of Hydra and hydra. More etymology under English water.
词源 2
Corruption of annotto.
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