Word · Frequency #16865
hamster
仓鼠
A small Old World burrowing rodent of the subfamily Cricetinae, with a short tail and large cheek pouches, often kept as a pet.
- 1.
Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
- 2.
short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
短尾的旧世界穴居啮齿动物,具有大的颊囊
- 3.
Any of various other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).
形似仓鼠的啮齿动物；短尾的旧世界穴居啮齿动物,具有大的颊囊；仓鼠；[医] 仓鼠
In use
My daughter wants to buy a hamster.
The hamster runs on its wheel every night.
Hamsters need plenty of bedding in their cage.
have a hamster
She has a hamster named Snowball.
她有一只叫雪球的仓鼠。
the hamster [verb]
The hamster is running on its wheel.
这只仓鼠正在跑轮子上跑。
hamster's [noun]
We cleaned the hamster's cage yesterday.
我们昨天打扫了仓鼠的笼子。
Connections
Collocations
- hamster cage
- 仓鼠笼子
- I need to clean the hamster cage every week.我每周都需要清理仓鼠笼子。
- hamster wheel
- 仓鼠跑轮
- The hamster runs on its wheel every night.这只仓鼠每晚都在跑轮上跑。
- pet hamster
- 宠物仓鼠
- She bought a pet hamster for her son.她给儿子买了一只宠物仓鼠。
- hamster food
- 仓鼠食物
- Make sure to refill the hamster food bowl.确保把仓鼠食物碗加满。
Idioms & figurative uses
- hamster wheel
- 仓鼠轮；比喻周而复始、令人疲惫的忙碌生活I need to get off the hamster wheel and start a simpler life.我需要摆脱这种周而复始的忙碌生活，开始更简单的生活。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
仓鼠的颊囊像仓库，用于储存食物。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：pet care、biology、children's literature 多用于日常宠物相关话题，也可用于学术语境，整体较中性。
Grammar Note
复数形式为hamsters。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'master' and 'faster' rhyme with 'hamster', but 'blaster' is a useful spelling comparison that sounds different.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.