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gerbil
(dʒɜːʳbɪl)
Word forms: plural gerbils
countable noun
A gerbil is a small, furry animal that is often kept as a pet.
gerbil in British English
or gerbille (ˈdʒɜːbɪl)
noun
any burrowing rodent of the subfamily Gerbillinae, inhabiting hot dry regions of Asia and Africa and having soft pale fur: family Cricetidae
Word origin
C19: from French gerbille, from New Latin gerbillus a little jerboagerbil in American English
(ˈdʒɜrbəl) or ˈgerbille (ˈdʒɜrbəl)
noun
any of a subfamily (Gerbillinae, family Cricetidae) of burrowing rodents, with longhind legs and hairy tail, native to Africa and Asia: often kept as a pet
Word origin
Fr gerbille < ModL gerbillus < gerbo, jerboaImage ofgerbil
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Examples of 'gerbil' in a sentencegerbil
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British English: gerbil /ˈdʒɜːbɪl/ NOUN
A gerbil is a small, furry animal.
- American English: gerbil
- Arabic: يَرْبُوع
- Brazilian Portuguese: gerbil
- Chinese: 沙鼠
- Croatian: zamorac
- Czech: pískomil
- Danish: hoppemus
- Dutch: woestijnrat
- European Spanish: jerbo
- Finnish: gerbiili
- French: gerbille
- German: Wüstenrennmaus
- Greek: ποντίκι
- Italian: gerbillo
- Japanese: アレチネズミ
- Korean: 게르빌루스쥐
- Norwegian: ørkenrotte
- Polish: myszoskoczek
- European Portuguese: gerbo
- Romanian: gerbil
- Russian: песчанка
- Latin American Spanish: jerbo
- Swedish: ökenråtta
- Thai: สัตว์ทะเลทรายขนาดเล็กคล้ายหนู
- Turkish: çöl faresi
- Ukrainian: піщанка
- Vietnamese: chuột nhảy
Chinese translation of 'gerbil'
gerbil
(ˈdʒəːbɪl)
n (c)
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沙鼠
(shāshǔ) (只, zhī)