wolverine

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˌwʊlvəˈɹiːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.
    — “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”

词形变化

wolverines plural wolverene alternative wolvering alternative,obsolete

词源

1619; alteration of earlier wolvering (1574), diminutive of wolver (“ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”) (1593), ultimately from wolf.
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