n. 雪貂,白鼬;(经常性的)搜索者,侦探;细丝(带) vi. 用雪貂猎鼠搜索;搜寻,搜索出;到处搜寻 adj. 雪貂似的;搜索者般的;爱窥探的 复数: ferrets 第三人称单数: ferrets 过去式: ferreted 过去分词: ferreted 现在分词: ferreting 易混淆的单词: Ferret
中文词源
ferret 雪貂,搜寻
来自拉丁语fur,贼,词源同furtive. 因这种动物轻快的速度而得名。参照电视剧《天龙八部》。
ferret 用法和例句
They tweaked the bird-flu virus 's genes to produce a version which can travel through the air from ferret to ferret .
他们将禽流感病毒的基因略作调整,产生了一种可通过空气在雪貂之间传播的新品种。
Each team engineered the virus so that it could be transmitted through the air from ferret to ferret ( ferrets , surprisingly , are good proxies for humans ) .
Each team engineered the virus so that it could be transmitted through the air from ferret to ferret ( good proxies for humans ) .
每个团队都将病毒加以转基因处理使其可以由白鼬(人类的良好代替品)携带在空气中传播。
A particular stage in brain development seems quite simply to be the time to start to walk , independently of whether you are a hedgehog , a ferret or a human being .
大脑发育的一个特定阶段简而言之就是要开始行走的那个时刻,而这同是一只刺猬,一只雪貂或是一个人无关。
You might think that clay johnson , a campaigner for transparency , would be pleased to see a ferret , with a deerstalker hat and magnifying glass , pop up on his screen .