water rat

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various aquatic or semi-aquatic rodents from Florida and southern Georgia, especially Neofiber alleni; the muskrat. US
    — Otters are even harder to spot; the coypu, a North American water rat, is more commonly seen.
  2. A water mouse, especially, the rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster. Australia
    — "There [...] you will find the water-hole that is sacred to Biggoon, the giant water rat."
  3. A European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris). informal
  4. A petty thief or waterfront ruffian. US,slang
  5. A person fond of water sports. slang
  6. A member of the water police. Australia,slang

词形变化

water rats plural waterrat alternative water-rat alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Ziegler's water rat
相关词
beaver-rat

词源

From water + rat. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterrotte, West Frisian wetterrôt, Dutch waterrat, German Low German Waterrötte, Waterrött, German Wasserratte, Danish vandrotte, Swedish vattenråtta, Icelandic vatnsrotta.
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