beavers

英 [ˈbiːvəz]

美 [ˈbiːvərz]

n.  河狸，海狸(水栖啮齿动物，加拿大的象征); 海狸毛皮(用以制作衣帽); 女子阴部
v.  埋头苦干
beaver的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 河狸
  Abeaveris a furry animal with a big flat tail and large teeth. Beavers use their teeth to cut wood and build dams in rivers.
• N-UNCOUNT 河狸毛皮
  Beaveris the fur of a beaver.
  1. ...a coat with a huge beaver collar.
     大河狸领外套

双语例句

• Beavers may continue to build a dam over a long time, adding to it each year.
  河狸可能长时间不断地修筑一条堤坝，每年都加大一些。
• I'm still trying to wake up and this voice says,'I hear you're looking for beavers.
  我还在迷迷糊糊呢，那个人就说，‘我听说你要找海狸是吧’。
• The beavers carry or drag the logs into the water and float them into place.
  河狸把木料搬运或拖拉进水中，再漂浮到需要的地方。
• Beavers seem to know just how high to make a dam.
  河狸似乎知道该把堤坝筑多高正好。
• Yet it is vital to the survival of humans and a wide range of critters from dragonflies and piranhas to beavers and bullfrogs.
  不过，它对于人类的和家畜的生存是必要的，从蜻蜓和水虎鱼到海狸和牛蛙都离不开它。
• In1928 some porpoises were photographed working like beavers to push ashore a waterlogged mattress.
  在1928年，有人拍摄到了海豚像海狸一样把浸透水的床垫推上岸的情景。
• Experts say it is rare for beavers to attack people.
  专家表示，海狸很少会攻击人类。
• I have spoken of the building instinct of beavers.
  我提到了河狸的建筑上的本能。
• In the northern part, like the Indians who lived there before them, the hunters trap such fur-bearing animals as squirrels, beavers and foxes.
  在北部，猎人们象生活在他们之前的印第安人一样捕捉毛皮兽，诸如松鼠、河狸和狐狸等。
• But gradually the wood in them decays and the beavers add more and more mud to repair them.
  然而，堤内的木头会渐渐腐烂，于是河狸又往堤上加更多的泥巴来修补。