lemming
- n. （动物）旅鼠；（含贬义，常作复数）盲目从众的人；（大写 Lemming）（美、丹、英）莱明（人名）
[ 复数 lemmings或lemming ]
网络释义专业释义英英释义
STEPPE LEMMING 草原兔尾鼠 ; 兔尾鼠
true lemming 旅鼠属
Lemming Run 旅鼠快跑
Lemming effect 旅鼠效应
BROWN LEMMING 西伯利亚旅鼠
Lemming Dynasty 旅鼠王朝
The lemming dilemma 旅鼠的困境
The Lemming Myth 旅鼠的神话
lemming [ 'lemiŋ ]
- n. any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
lemming /ˈlɛmɪŋ/
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N-COUNT A lemming is an animal that looks like a large rat with thick fur. Lemmings live in cold northern regions and sometimes travel in very large numbers. 旅鼠
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N-COUNT If you say that a large group of people are acting like lemmings, you are critical of them because they all follow each other into an action without thinking about it. (如旅鼠般)盲目从众者 [usu pl] [表不满]
例：You have to ask yourself why people line up, like lemmings, to take part in this peculiar sport.
你不得不问自己为什么人们像旅鼠一般盲目排长队来参加这项奇怪的运动。
双语例句权威例句
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The weasel and the lemming begin to change color; as the winter deepens, their coats will turn snow-white.
黄鼠狼和旅鼠开始改变颜色，随着深冬的来临，它们的毛皮将会变成雪白色。
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The Arctic fox is disappearing from the southern edge of the tundra as larger, more dominant red foxes move northward and lemming prey grow less abundant as temperatures warm.
由于体型较大且较具优势的红狐北移，北极狐在苔原南部的数量正在下降，而且他们的猎物旅鼠也因为气温上升而越来越少。
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North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged.
冬季为白色皮毛且一些爪非常大的北美洲旅鼠。
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