| 单词 | rabbit |
| 释义 | rabbit[ rab-it ] / ˈræb ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rabbit ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural rab·bits, (especially collectively) rab·bit for 1-3.any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open. any of various small hares. the fur of a rabbit or hare, often processed to imitate another fur. Welsh rabbit. a runner in a distance race whose goal is chiefly to set a fast pace, either to exhaust a particular rival so that a teammate can win or to help another entrant break a record; pacesetter. British Informal. a person who is poor at sports, especially golf, tennis, or cricket. Idioms for rabbitpull a rabbit out of the hat, to find or obtain a sudden solution to a problem: Unless somebody pulls a rabbit out of the hat by next week, we'll be bankrupt. Origin of rabbit1375–1425; late Middle English rabet(te) young rabbit, bunny, probably <Old North French; compare Walloon robett,dialectal Dutch robbe OTHER WORDS FROM rabbitrab·bit·like, rab·bit·y, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH rabbitrabbet, rabbit , rarebit, rebateDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rabbit
British Dictionary definitions for rabbitrabbit / (ˈræbɪt) / noun plural -bits or -bitany of various common gregarious burrowing leporid mammals, esp Oryctolagus cuniculus of Europe and North Africa and the cottontail of America. They are closely related and similar to hares but are smaller and have shorter ears the fur of such an animal British informal a novice or poor performer at a game or sport verb(intr) to hunt or shoot rabbits (intr ; often foll by on or away) British informal to talk inconsequentially; chatter Word Origin for rabbit(senses 1-4) C14: perhaps from Walloon robett, diminutive of Flemish robbe rabbit, of obscure origin (sense 5) C20: from rhyming slang rabbit and pork talk 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 Idioms and Phrases with rabbitrabbit see pull (a rabbit) out of a hat. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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