guinea pig

Word family adjectiveGuineannounguinea fowlguinea pigguinea

Related topics: Animals

ˈguinea pig noun [countableC]

1. HBAa small furry animal with short ears and no tail, which is often kept as a pet 天竺鼠，豚鼠

2. TEST/EXPERIMENTsomeone who is used in a scientific test to see how successful or safe a new product, system etc is 实验对象

Examples from the Corpus

guinea pig• My guests are guinea pigs for all the new dishes I try out.

Origin guinea pig

(1600-1700) Guinea, probably by mistake for Guiana, earlier name of Guyana

单词	guinea pig
释义	guinea pig Word family adjectiveGuineannounguinea fowlguinea pigguinea Related topics: Animals ˈguinea pig noun [countableC] 1. HBAa small furry animal with short ears and no tail, which is often kept as a pet 天竺鼠，豚鼠 2. TEST/EXPERIMENTsomeone who is used in a scientific test to see how successful or safe a new product, system etc is 实验对象 Examples from the Corpus guinea pig• My guests are guinea pigs for all the new dishes I try out. Origin guinea pig (1600-1700) Guinea, probably by mistake for Guiana, earlier name of Guyana
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