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Chinese translation of 'guinea pig'
guinea pig
(ˈɡɪnɪ-)
n
- (= animal)
豚鼠
(túnshǔ) (只, zhī) - (= person)
实(實)验(驗)品
(shíyànpǐn) (个(個), gè)
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guinea pig
also guinea-pig
Word forms: plural guinea pigs
1. countable noun
If someone is used as a guinea pig in an experiment, something is tested on them that has not been tested on people before.
...a human guinea pig.
Nearly 500,000 pupils are to be guinea pigs in a trial run of the new 14-plus exams.
2. countable noun
A guinea pig is a small furry animal without a tail. Guinea pigs are often kept as pets.
guinea pig in British English
noun
1.
a domesticated cavy, probably descended from Cavia porcellus, commonly kept as a pet and used in scientific experiments
2.
a person or thing used for experimentation
Word origin
C17: origin uncertain: perhaps from old use of the name Guinea to mean any remote unknown landguinea pig in American English
1.
any of various small, plump rodents (genus Cavia) with short ears and no external tail: often domesticated and used in biological experiments
2. US
any person or thing used in an experiment or test
Word origin
prob. orig. brought to England by ships plying between England, Guinea, and SouthAmericaIn other languagesguinea pig
British English: guinea pig /ˈɡɪnɪ pɪɡ/ NOUN
person If someone is used as a guinea pig in an experiment, a drug or other treatment is tested for the first time on them.
The doctor used himself as a guinea pig in his research.
- American English: guinea pig for experiment
- Arabic: حَقْل لِلتَجارِب
- Brazilian Portuguese: cobaia
- Chinese: 实验品
- Croatian: pokusni kunić
- Czech: pokusný králík
- Danish: forsøgskanin
- Dutch: proefkonijn
- European Spanish: conejillo de indias
- Finnish: koekaniini
- French: cobaye
- German: Versuchskaninchen
- Greek: πειραματόζωο μεταφορικά
- Italian: cavia
- Japanese: 実験台 for experiment
- Korean: 피험자
- Norwegian: forsøkskanin
- Polish: królik doświadczalny
- European Portuguese: cobaia
- Romanian: cobai
- Russian: подопытный кролик
- Latin American Spanish: conejillo de indias
- Swedish: försökskanin
- Thai: หนูตะเภาสำหรับทดลอง
- Turkish: kobay
- Ukrainian: піддослідний кролик
- Vietnamese: vật thí nghiệm
British English: guinea pig /ˈɡɪnɪ pɪɡ/ NOUN
animal A guinea pig is a small furry animal without a tail.
- American English: guinea pig rodent
- Arabic: خَنْزير غينيا
- Brazilian Portuguese: porquinho-da-Índia
- Chinese: 豚鼠
- Croatian: zamorac
- Czech: morče
- Danish: marsvin
- Dutch: cavia
- European Spanish: cobaya
- Finnish: marsu
- French: cochon d’Inde
- German: Meerschweinchen
- Greek: ινδικό χοιρίδιο
- Italian: criceto
- Japanese: モルモット 動物
- Korean: 기니피그
- Norwegian: marsvin
- Polish: świnka morska
- European Portuguese: porquinho-da-Índia
- Romanian: porcușor de Guineea
- Russian: морская свинка
- Latin American Spanish: conejillo de indias
- Swedish: marsvin
- Thai: หนูตะเภา
- Turkish: kobay faresi
- Ukrainian: морська свинка
- Vietnamese: chuột lang