| 单词 | squirrel |
| 例句 | squirrel verb PHRASES squirrel away •my intention was to squirrel away this money for a new car:save, put aside, put by, lay by, set aside, lay aside, keep in reserve, stockpile, accumulate, stock up with/on, hoard | informal salt away, stash away. WORD NOTE sciurine Murine, porcine, feline, ursine … all perfectly nice. But the squirrel's nomenclature has a particular charm. From the Greek skiouros ( skia shadow + oura tail), the description is not merely zoological, it is also poetic and descriptively sound. Also, the enjoyments that can be found nailing a human face to its animal double are multiplied with sciurine. Many men look porcine, and many women feline, so many that the description feels cloudy and general. However, a sciurine face is such a specific, singular, and fatal resemblance that the user may conjure up the entire physical character of a person with just this one word. — ZSConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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