porcupine

英 [ˈpɔːkjupaɪn]

美 [ˈpɔːrkjupaɪn]

n.  豪猪; 箭猪

复数：porcupines　过去分词：porcupined　

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BNC.25743 / COCA.19692

牛津词典

noun

• 豪猪；箭猪
  an animal covered with long stiff parts like needles (called quills ), which it can raise to protect itself when it is attacked

柯林斯词典

• 豪猪；箭猪
  Aporcupineis an animal with many long, thin, sharp spikes on its back that stick out as protection when it is attacked.

英英释义

noun

• relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
  Synonym:hedgehog

双语例句

• It began when the winter Rains failed almost entirely, and Ikki, the Porcupine, meeting Mowgli in a bamboo-thicket, told him that the wild yams were drying up.
  事情始于冬天，当时整个冬天都没有下雨，豪猪伊克基在矮竹丛中碰到莫格利，告诉他野甘薯都在变干萎缩。
• Occasional sightings are still reported of less common species such as the Chinese porcupine, the leopard cat, civet cat, ferret badger, pangolin and barking deer. At state level, most of the 6 governments are planning legislation.
  稀有品种如箭猪、豹猫、狸猫、鼬獾、穿山甲和黄？等仍偶有发现。在6个州级政府中，大多数正在计划对养猫立法。
• The Native Americans embroidered skins and bark with dyed porcupine quills; later the beads they acquired in trade took the place of quills.
  美洲原住民则在兽皮或树皮上用染色的豪猪毛锈制羽毛制品，后来用交易来的珠子取代羽毛。
• You don't know how to say "porcupine,"
  你不知道如何说“豪猪”
• The stomach of the porcupine is a single room stomach.
  结果表明：豪猪的胃为单室胃。
• Sometimes a porcupine scuttled across the road.
  有时会有一只豪猪惊慌地穿过马路。
• Porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail.
  尾巴上有一丛大的珠状刚毛的豪猪。
• Susan really did a number on her hair. It looks like an orange porcupine is lying on her head.
  苏珊在头发上大动手脚，看起来象只橘红色的豪猪躺在她头上。
• Porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease.
  北美洲东北部的豪猪，尖刺藏在粗硬的毛中；经常啃咬建筑物以得到盐和油脂。
• Cramped, cluttered with tables and hung with an overly garish chandelier, like a swooping silver porcupine, the walls are wooden slats that make it hard to focus.
  大堂略显狭窄，桌子随处可见，屋顶挂着一顶过于耀眼的吊灯，就像一头要飞奔下来的银色箭猪，墙壁是木板条制作而成，这让它难以找到焦点所在。