| 单词 | european rabbit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEuropean rabbit a. A gregarious, burrowing, plant-eating mammal, Oryctolagus cuniculus (family Leporidae, order Lagomorpha), which has long ears, typically brownish-grey fur, and a short, white tail, has been domesticated and bred as a pet and for meat, and is proverbial for its rate of reproduction. Originally: †a young rabbit (the adult being called a coney) (obsolete). In recent use more fully European rabbit. Also with distinguishing word specifying the breed. Cf. coney n.1 2.The rabbit is native to south-west Europe and north-west Africa and was introduced to England and Ireland by the Normans as a source of meat. It has since been introduced widely elsewhere, often becoming a pest.Angora, chinchilla, Havana rabbit, etc.: see the first element.In quot. 1607: a young guinea pig. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > young rabbita1398 rabbit-suckera1475 rabbit-starter1651 squab1838 coney1876 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) coneyc1430 rabbit1502 bunny1699 pussy1715 mappie1825 map1866 drummer1894 flopsy bunny1909 underground mutton1946 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 291v Conynges..bringen forþ many rabettes & multiplien ful swiþe. 1471 MS Pepys 1047 in Notes & Queries (1978) Feb. 8/2 A nest of rabbyts. a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 6 (MED) And þu wolte take a goshauke, let his wache be a coluoure, and yf he falle not there to, put a rabett. 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 13 A present of Rabettes and quayles. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxiii. 178 The Conie beareth hyr Rabettes .xxx. dayes, and then kindeleth. 1607 J. Munzingerus in E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 112 If two males [sc. pig-conies] be put to one female, they fight fircely, but they will not hurt the Rabbets. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler viii. 171 Take the flesh of a Rabet or Cat cut smal. View more context for this quotation 1696 H. Kelsey in Kelsey Papers (1929) 59 Today our hunters kill'd 30 patridges and 3 Rabbits. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. x. 146 When my Cloaths were worn to Rags, I made myself others with the Skins of Rabbets. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 43 Rabbets will breed seven times a year. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 275 The rabbit lives to the age of eight or nine years. 1849 tr. J. D. Wyss Swiss Family Robinson 2nd Ser. xvii. 152 Fritz has two magnificent Angora rabbits in his pouch. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xiii. 167 Watching the skipping rabbits on a moonlit warren. 1930 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 51 966 The infectious myxoma of rabbits..is one of the first maladies placed in the virus group. 1953 Sci. News 28 18 Myxomatosis in the European rabbits is unique in its very high lethality. 1962 A. Pirie Lens Metabolism 429 Rabbit lenses were obtained from the laboratory stock of Dutch rabbits killed by overdose of Nembutal. 1992 BBC Wildlife (BNC) Jan. 49 The European rabbit is also important in the diet of the feral mink, which is given little credit for culling this acknowledged pest. < as lemmas |
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