英:[ˈɒtə(r)]
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ot·ter
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复数:otters或otter
sea otter[动]海獭(见于北太平洋沿岸)
水生的、趾行的、食肉的哺乳动物,因其毛皮而被猎捕,中古英语 oter,源自古英语 otr, otor “水獭”,源自原始日耳曼语 *otraz “水獭”(还有古诺尔斯语 otr 、瑞典语 utter 、丹麦语 odder 、荷兰语 otter 、古高地德语 ottar 、德语 Otter),源自原始印欧语 *udros,字面意思是“水生生物”(还有梵语 udrah 、阿维斯陀语 udra “水獭”; 希腊语 hydra “水蛇”, enydris “水獭”; 拉丁语 lutra 、古教会斯拉夫语 vydra 、立陶宛语 ūdra 、古爱尔兰语 odoirne “水獭”),源自词根 *wed-(1)“水; 湿润”。美国太平洋西北部的 sea otter 海獭(与 land- 或 river-otter 有所区别)可追溯到1660年代,也被称为 sea-ape。
Middle English otre, oter, otir, going back to Old English otr, oter, otor, going back to Germanic *utra- (whence also Middle Dutch otter "otter," Old High German ottar, Old Norse otr), going back to Indo-European *ud-r-o- "aquatic animal" (whence also Sanskrit udráḥ "aquatic animal, otter," Avestan udra-) with a feminine variant *ud-r-eh2-, whence Latin lutra "otter" (with unetymological l- and -t-), Russian výdra, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian vȉdra, Lithuanian ū́dra, Old Prussian udro (Balto-Slavic with vowel lengthening and acute accent), Greek hýdra "aquatic snake, hydra" (also hýdros "the grass snake Natrix natrix," énydris "otter"); both forms zero-grade derivatives of Indo-European *u̯ód-r-/*u̯ed-n- "water" — more at water >entry 1
The first known use of otter was before the 12th century
ouchinterjection
—used to express sudden pain
ottoman1 of 2noun
capitalized a citizen or government official of the Ottoman Empire
an upholstered footstool
Ottoman2 of 2adjective
of or relating to the Ottoman Empire, its rulers, or its citizens or government officials
otternoun
any of several water-dwelling mammals that are related to the weasels and minks, have webbed feet with claws and dark brown fur, and feed on other animals (as fish, clams, and crabs) that live in or near the water compare sea otter
the fur or pelt of an otter
1 Jim said he felt like an otter, since he loved to turn and twist in the deep pools and could swim underwater a long way.
吉姆说他感觉自己像只水獭,因为他喜欢在深水池里转来转去,而且能在水下游很长一段距离。
2 An otter splashed in the brook that fed the pool.
3 These, supplemented by the stouter arrows of the fieldmice and the otter slingers, caused many wounds and great discomfort to the would-be attackers, pinning a good number of them down.
4 Nanabozho caught hold of the otter and looked into the otter’s paws and mouth, but didn’t find any dirt.
5 The wind blew hard and few bales of otter skins lay on the shore so probably the ship would leave at dawn.
6 The young otter grew fast and soon were taking fish from my hand, but Won-a-nee liked abalones better.
7 "Of course he will," chuckled the Otter.
“他当然愿意。”水獭奥特咯咯笑着。
8 Hermione's Patronus turns out to be an otter.
赫敏的守护神是一只水獭.
9 With the exception of a school of otters swimming in the river, the surrounding area so far had not been full of wildlife.
10 Frantic tadpoles zigzagged away from our shadows; some good-sized creature splashed into the water upstream from us, an otter, maybe, or a river rat.
11 Young otters collected watercress and fished; Cornflower headed a party of mice to reap the early cereal crops; more youngsters tended the salad gardens.
12 One summer the otter did not leave, the summer that Rontu died, and I knew then that none of the otter who remembered the hunters were left.
13 They counted the dead otter and thought of the beads and other things that each pelt meant.
14 Captain Orlov had not paid my father for the otter he had killed.
15 I also watched the otter hunting in the kelp.
16 It took a while for the otters to realize that something was happening inside the crate.
17 The sea otter, when it is swimming, looks like a seal, but is really very different.
18 The Aleuts who sharpened the long spears stopped this work and gave all their time to skinning the otter which were brought in at dusk.
19 Fortunately for him, the sun was starting to move southwards, and the otters and mice on the ramparts were clearly visible.
20 The hemlocks whispered of rest and peace; the lake spoke of sunlight lingering in its depths, the joy of otters at their games.