| 单词 | guinea pig |
| 释义 | guinea pigSEE SYNONYMS FOR guinea pig ON THESAURUS.COM nouna short-eared, tailless rodent of the genus Cavia, usually white, black, and tawny, commonly regarded as the domesticated form of one of the South American wild species of cavy: often used in scientific experiments or kept as a pet. Informal. the subject of any sort of experiment: I've volunteered as a guinea pig in several clinical trials. Origin of guinea pigFirst recorded in 1655–65 Words nearby guinea pigguinea grass, guinea hen, guinea-hen flower, Guinean, Guinea pepper, guinea pig, guinea worm, Guinevere, Guinness, guipure, guiro Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for guinea pigBritish Dictionary definitions for guinea pigguinea pig nouna domesticated cavy, probably descended from Cavia porcellus, commonly kept as a pet and used in scientific experiments a person or thing used for experimentation Word Origin for guinea pigC17: origin uncertain: perhaps from old use of the name Guinea to mean any remote unknown land Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for guinea pigguinea pig [ gĭn′ē ] n.Any of various small, short-eared domesticated rodents of the genus Cavia, having variously colored hair and no visible tail. They are widely kept as pets and often used as experimental animals. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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