ground-hog是什么意思
英文词源
- ground-hog (n.)
- also groundhog, "American marmot," 1784, from ground (n.) + hog (n.). Also known colloquially as a whistlepig, woodchuck, and compare aardvark. Ground Hog Day as a weather forecasting event is first recorded 1869, in an Ohio newspaper article that calls it "old tradition;" the custom though not the name, attested from 1850s.
实用例句
- 1. They found a labyrinth of tunnels under the ground.
- 他们发现了一处迷宫似的地道。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A violent explosion seemed to jolt the whole ground.
- 剧烈的爆炸好像要把整个地面都掀起来。来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The armed forces have launched offensives to recapture lost ground.
- 这支武装部队已发动进攻要夺回失去的阵地。来自柯林斯例句
- 4. On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
- 她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.
- 总统称并不打算部署地面部队。来自柯林斯例句
