rabbit1
KK: [ˈræbɪt]
DJ: [ˈræbit]
n.
- 兔;野兔[C]
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A
rabbit can make long jumps.
兔子可以跳得很遠。
- 兔子的毛皮;兔肉[U]
- 【英】【口】(板球,網球等的)蹩腳的運動員[C]
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I'm just a
rabbit at cricket.
我的板球打得一點也不好。
- 長跑中故意快跑以消耗對手體力或幫助隊員破記錄的人。
vi.
- 獵兔;打兔子
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We went
rabbiting yesterday.
昨天我們打兔子去了。
- 【主英】【口】閒扯[(+on/about)]
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He kept
rabbiting (on) about the poor pay.
他不停地抱怨薪水低。
辨析
rabbit2
KK: [ˈræbɪt]
DJ: [ˈræbit]
n.
- a burrowing gregarious plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail.
[Oryctolagus cuniculus and other species.]
▸the fur of the rabbit.
▸N. Amer. a hare.
- informal a poor performer in a sport or game.
- US a runner acting as pacesetter.
- Brit. informal a conversation.
[from rabbit and pork, rhyming sl. for ‘talk’.]
v.
(rabbits, rabbiting, rabbited)
-
[usu. as noun rabbiting]
hunt rabbits.
- Brit. informal chatter.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: appar. from OFr. (cf. Fr. dial. rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perh. of Du. origin (cf. Flemish robbe).