| 单词 | porcupine |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pɔ:kjupain] |
| 解释 | n.豪猪，箭猪 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | porcupine (n.) c.1400, porke despyne, from Old French porc-espin (early 13c., Modern French porc-épic), literally "spiny pig," from Latin porcus "hog" + spina "thorn, spine" (see spine). The word had many forms in Middle English and early Modern English, including portepyn, porkpen, porkenpick, porpoynt, and Shakespeare's porpentine (in "Hamlet"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 豪猪, 箭猪(啮齿类动物之一, 其粗硬的毛中有长而尖的刺) 【记】porcu猪, pine松针－有松针的猪－豪猪por = pore毛孔, cu粗, pine: 毛孔里有粗针的猪－豪猪 【参】pork(n 猪肉) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】porc 猪 + spine 针，pine 松树，看成松针 |
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