| 单词 | ermine |
| 释义 | ermine (once / 2827 pages) n An ermine is a wild animal, a small mammal with a very soft winter coat. Ermines look a bit like large weasels, unless you are wearing them as outerwear. You're likely to come across the noun ermine in connection with the way humans use them — in some areas of the world, they are commonly raised or hunted for their fur, which is prized for its softness and can be made into coats or hats. Another word for an ermine is a stoat. A coat made from an ermine's skin is also called an ermine. WORD FAMILYermine: ermines USAGE EXAMPLESHis nickname at court was "the white ermine" - explaining the animal's presence in her arms. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) The collection includes some 86,000 objects, among them da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” and Rembrandt’s “Landscape with the Good Samaritan.” Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Flanked on the stage by twin columns of attendants, she was a galactic goddess in a white ermine cape. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) 1n mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat Syn|Hypo|Hyper Mustela erminea, shorttail weasel stoat the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail weasel small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck 2n the expensive white fur of the ermine Hyper fur, pelt the dressed hairy coat of a mammal |
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