英语词汇“water hare”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

water hare n. now rare †(a) the great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus (obsolete); (b) either of two South American rodents, the spotted paca ( Cuniculus paca) and the capybara ( Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) (now rare); cf. water hog n. 1; (c) U.S. the swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus, of the south-eastern United States (cf. water rabbit n.). [ < water n. + hare n.; in sense (a) after post-classical Latin lepus aqueus (1635 or earlier); compare lepus aquaticus (1662 or earlier in this sense). With sense (c) compare scientific Latin Lepus aquaticus (1837; compare water rabbit n. and swamp hare n. at swamp n. Compounds 4).]

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1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 339 (heading) Of the Water-Hare [L. de Lepore aqueo], or crested Mexican Douker.

1830 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 159 A large Waterfowl, the Crested Diver, (Colymbus cristatus) is, on account of the rapidity of its motions, called the Sea-hare, or Water-hare.

1854 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. II. 57 It [sc. the paca] is..the Pak of the colonists of Cayenne, and the Water-Hare of those of Surinam.

1858 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1857: Agric. 85 (heading) in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (35th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 32, Pt. 4) VII Swamp Rabbit, or Water Hare. Lepus aquaticus, Bachman.

1861 J. Hunter Ess. & Obs. Nat. Hist. II. 211 (heading) [The Capybara (Hydrochœrus Capybara, Erxl.).] The Water Hare, Le Cabiai of Buffon.

1864 S. Moody Palm Tree 266 A sight formed by a large tooth of the Paca or water hare of Surinam is fixed on with pitch.

1907 A. R. H. Moncrieff World of To-day V. 146 The wild animals most often met are..the aguti, more like a long-tailed rabbit, and the capybara, or water-hare.

1941 Louisiana: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) i. 25 Abundant in the wetlands, open or wooded, is the water hare, or swamp rabbit.

单词	water hare
释义	> as lemmas water hare water hare n. now rare †(a) the great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus (obsolete); (b) either of two South American rodents, the spotted paca ( Cuniculus paca) and the capybara ( Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) (now rare); cf. water hog n. 1; (c) U.S. the swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus, of the south-eastern United States (cf. water rabbit n.). [ < water n. + hare n.; in sense (a) after post-classical Latin lepus aqueus (1635 or earlier); compare lepus aquaticus (1662 or earlier in this sense). With sense (c) compare scientific Latin Lepus aquaticus (1837; compare water rabbit n. and swamp hare n. at swamp n. Compounds 4).] ΚΠ 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 339 (heading) Of the Water-Hare [L. de Lepore aqueo], or crested Mexican Douker. 1830 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 159 A large Waterfowl, the Crested Diver, (Colymbus cristatus) is, on account of the rapidity of its motions, called the Sea-hare, or Water-hare. 1854 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. II. 57 It [sc. the paca] is..the Pak of the colonists of Cayenne, and the Water-Hare of those of Surinam. 1858 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1857: Agric. 85 (heading) in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (35th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 32, Pt. 4) VII Swamp Rabbit, or Water Hare. Lepus aquaticus, Bachman. 1861 J. Hunter Ess. & Obs. Nat. Hist. II. 211 (heading) [The Capybara (Hydrochœrus Capybara, Erxl.).] The Water Hare, Le Cabiai of Buffon. 1864 S. Moody Palm Tree 266 A sight formed by a large tooth of the Paca or water hare of Surinam is fixed on with pitch. 1907 A. R. H. Moncrieff World of To-day V. 146 The wild animals most often met are..the aguti, more like a long-tailed rabbit, and the capybara, or water-hare. 1941 Louisiana: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) i. 25 Abundant in the wetlands, open or wooded, is the water hare, or swamp rabbit. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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