| 释义 |
▪ I. sisel, n. Zool.|ˈsɪsəl|
[ad. G. ziesel: cf. zizel.]
A kind of ground-squirrel (see quots.).
1880Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 93 Of the Old World species the best known is the Sisel, or Suslik (Spermophilus citillus), which is abundant in Central and Eastern Europe, and in Siberia. 1894–5Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. III. 79 The suslik or sisel of North-Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
▪ II. † sisel, a. Obs.—1
[a. ON. sýsl, related to sýsla n. work, business, sýsla vb. to be busy, etc.]
Occupied, engaged.
c1325Metr. Hom. 112 Quen hali kirc bigan newli, Sain Jon was sisel, and bisi, In ordaining of priestes and clerkes, And in casting kirc werkes. |