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单词 lemming
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lemming

noun
/ˈlemɪŋ/
/ˈlemɪŋ/
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  1. a small animal like a mouse, that lives in cold northern countries. Sometimes large groups of lemmings migrate (= move from one place to another) in search of food. Many of them die on these journeys and there is a popular belief that lemmings kill themselves by jumping off cliffs.
    • Lemming-like we rushed into certain disaster.
    Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Norwegian and Danish; related to Old Norse lómundr.
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