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单词 chipmunk
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
chip•munk /ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Mammalsa small, striped ground squirrel.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
chip•munk  (chipmungk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammalsany of several small, striped, terrestrial squirrels of the genera Tamias, of North America, and Eutamia, of Asia and North America, esp. T. striatus, of eastern North America.
  • Ojibwa ačitamo·nʔ red squirrel, equivalent, to ačit- headfirst, face-down + derivational elements; so called from the squirrel's manner of descending trees
  • assimilated variant of earlier chitmunk, apparently 1825–35, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chipmunk /ˈtʃɪpˌmʌŋk/ n
  1. any burrowing sciurine rodent of the genera Tamias of E North America and Eutamias of W North America and Asia, typically having black-striped yellowish fur and cheek pouches for storing food
Etymology: 19th Century: of Algonquian origin; compare Ojibwa atchitamon squirrel, literally: headfirst, referring to its method of descent from trees
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