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单词 woodchuck
释义

Definition of woodchuck in English:

woodchuck

nounˈwʊdtʃʌkˈwʊdˌtʃək
  • A North American marmot with a heavy body and short legs.

    美洲旱獭

    Marmota monax, family Sciuridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He searched the nearby foliage for twenty minutes before finding what he was looking for: a woodchuck's hole in the ground.
    • Clean around the bins too, removing high grass, weeds, spilled grain, and debris that attracts insects, rodents, woodchucks and other undesirable wildlife.
    • In shorter, sparser vegetation or near the bare dirt around woodchuck or gopher mounds, such signs will be rare.
    • And to prove my commitment to the environment, let me just say this: No woodchucks were actually disturbed in the process of writing this column.
    • Squirrels range in size from the mouse-sized African pygmy squirrel to the robust marmots and woodchucks (genus Marmota).
    • To prefer the society of squirrels and woodchucks to that of our own species must surely be unnatural.
    • In two successive school plays, I had a recurring role as a woodchuck (also known as the ground hog, and sadly also as the ‘whistle-pig’).
    • Try planting flowers that don't appeal to woodchucks.
    • And typically when hunting small-game like woodchucks, prairie dogs or coyotes, you are in a fixed position with an adequate rest so that shot placement is very controlled.
    • It is noteworthy that the studies in ducks, woodchucks and tree shrews did include some animals also infected with hepatitis virus in addition to aflatoxin treatment.
    • In addition, one million hunters spent 19 million days hunting other animals such as raccoons and woodchucks.
    • These animals, sometimes called ‘whistlers’, are slightly larger than their relative the woodchuck and can weigh up to 13.5 kg.
    • A one-way door can be used to evict woodchucks from burrows, however, should never be used when young are present (usually May through August) or when other animals are using the burrow system.
    • The Rodentia also includes beavers, muskrats, porcupines, woodchucks, chipmunks, squirrels, prairie dogs, marmots, chinchillas, voles, lemmings, and many others.
    • It is Jed Bidwell's father who, for practical reasons - the protection of crops and livestock - encourages Jed to kill woodchucks and wipe out the snake population on their property.
    • It also forced me to loop through a farmer's field and invade a woodchuck's privacy to continue my walk.
    • Along these lines, Thoreau sees that he can rejoice that his beans are food for the woodchucks as much as for people, and that the growth of the weeds is as important as that of the beans.
    • But there's a good side to woodchucks, too: Their burrows provide homes for all manner of other wildlife, including rabbits, turtles and toads.
    • Unlike other marmots, woodchucks don't live in big colonies underground.
    • The groundhog, also called the woodchuck, is a tunnel master who finds any number of garden plants appealing both above and below the ground.

Origin

Late 17th century: alteration (by association with wood) of an American Indian name; compare with Cree wuchak, otchock.

Definition of woodchuck in US English:

woodchuck

nounˈwʊdˌtʃəkˈwo͝odˌCHək
  • A North American marmot with a heavy body and short legs.

    美洲旱獭

    Marmota monax, family Sciuridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It also forced me to loop through a farmer's field and invade a woodchuck's privacy to continue my walk.
    • A one-way door can be used to evict woodchucks from burrows, however, should never be used when young are present (usually May through August) or when other animals are using the burrow system.
    • And to prove my commitment to the environment, let me just say this: No woodchucks were actually disturbed in the process of writing this column.
    • Clean around the bins too, removing high grass, weeds, spilled grain, and debris that attracts insects, rodents, woodchucks and other undesirable wildlife.
    • He searched the nearby foliage for twenty minutes before finding what he was looking for: a woodchuck's hole in the ground.
    • The Rodentia also includes beavers, muskrats, porcupines, woodchucks, chipmunks, squirrels, prairie dogs, marmots, chinchillas, voles, lemmings, and many others.
    • And typically when hunting small-game like woodchucks, prairie dogs or coyotes, you are in a fixed position with an adequate rest so that shot placement is very controlled.
    • The groundhog, also called the woodchuck, is a tunnel master who finds any number of garden plants appealing both above and below the ground.
    • In addition, one million hunters spent 19 million days hunting other animals such as raccoons and woodchucks.
    • To prefer the society of squirrels and woodchucks to that of our own species must surely be unnatural.
    • Unlike other marmots, woodchucks don't live in big colonies underground.
    • Squirrels range in size from the mouse-sized African pygmy squirrel to the robust marmots and woodchucks (genus Marmota).
    • It is noteworthy that the studies in ducks, woodchucks and tree shrews did include some animals also infected with hepatitis virus in addition to aflatoxin treatment.
    • Try planting flowers that don't appeal to woodchucks.
    • In shorter, sparser vegetation or near the bare dirt around woodchuck or gopher mounds, such signs will be rare.
    • But there's a good side to woodchucks, too: Their burrows provide homes for all manner of other wildlife, including rabbits, turtles and toads.
    • It is Jed Bidwell's father who, for practical reasons - the protection of crops and livestock - encourages Jed to kill woodchucks and wipe out the snake population on their property.
    • In two successive school plays, I had a recurring role as a woodchuck (also known as the ground hog, and sadly also as the ‘whistle-pig’).
    • These animals, sometimes called ‘whistlers’, are slightly larger than their relative the woodchuck and can weigh up to 13.5 kg.
    • Along these lines, Thoreau sees that he can rejoice that his beans are food for the woodchucks as much as for people, and that the growth of the weeds is as important as that of the beans.

Origin

Late 17th century: alteration (by association with wood) of a North American Indian name; compare with Cree wuchak, otchock.

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