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单词 hamster
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hamster

(hæmstəʳ)
Word forms: plural hamsters
countable noun
A hamster is a small furry animal which is similar to a mouse, and which is often kept as a pet.

hamster in British English

(ˈhæmstə)
noun
any Eurasian burrowing rodent of the tribe Cricetini, such as Mesocricetus auratus (golden hamster), having a stocky body, short tail, and cheek pouches: family Cricetidae. They are popular pets
Word origin
C17: from German, from Old High German hamustro, of Slavic origin

hamster in American English

(ˈhæmstər)
noun
any of several burrowing rodents (family Cricetidae) of Europe and Asia, with largecheek pouches: one species (Mesocricetus auratus) is used in scientific experiments or is often kept as a pet
Word origin
Ger < OHG hamustro, prob. < OSlav choměstorǔ < or akin to Iran hamaēstar, one who knocks down

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hamster

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Examples of 'hamster' in a sentence
hamster

You mean go slower on the hamster wheel?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
With the amount of hamster wheels she buys there would be no cash left anyway.
The Sun (2011)
So does a hamster in a wheel.
The Sun (2009)
Executives feel that they are forced into climbing aboard the hamster wheel.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This thing looked like it would have been much more at home in a giant hamster cage.
The Sun (2006)
Not a hamster cheek in sight.
The Sun (2012)
She'll be crying into her hamster wheel.
The Sun (2012)
It's probably just the noise from the hamster wheel on her head spinning round.
The Sun (2011)
Like a hamster on a wheel - as if running really really fast might one day make a difference.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My day is a ten-hour hamster wheel of trying to meet the spiralling demands for urgent and routine appointments and visits.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Only now have I realised what a totally futile pet a hamster is.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You don't have to stay stuck on the hamster wheel, always running but getting nowhere.
Christianity Today (2000)
It's hard to escape the feeling that British racing has become a hamster pounding the wheel.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You see I called his pet hamster Abu!
The Sun (2012)
The ridges up the sides were their runs, rather like hamster wheels, the holes let in air and the feeding bowl was just that.
The Sun (2013)
It's one thing to film a pack of wolves hunting down a wildebeest, but capturing the drama of a hamster on its wheel is more challenging.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Word lists with
hamster

rodent

In other languages
hamster

British English: hamster /ˈhæmstə/ NOUN
A hamster is a small furry animal which is similar to a mouse.
  • American English: hamster
  • Arabic: الُأرْجوحَة الشَبَكِيَّة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: hamster
  • Chinese: 仓鼠
  • Croatian: hrčak
  • Czech: křeček
  • Danish: hamster
  • Dutch: hamster
  • European Spanish: hámster
  • Finnish: hamsteri
  • French: hamster
  • German: Hamster
  • Greek: χάμστερ
  • Italian: criceto
  • Japanese: ハムスター
  • Korean: 햄스터
  • Norwegian: hamster
  • Polish: chomik
  • European Portuguese: hamster
  • Romanian: hamster
  • Russian: хомяк
  • Latin American Spanish: hámster
  • Swedish: hamster
  • Thai: สัตว์ชนิดหนึ่งคล้ายหนู
  • Turkish: hamster
  • Ukrainian: хом'як
  • Vietnamese: chuột đồng

Chinese translation of 'hamster'

hamster

(ˈhæmstəʳ)

n (c)

  1. 仓(倉)鼠 (cāngshǔ) (只, zhī)
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