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rabbit/ˈræbit/ n. & v.●n. 1a any of various burrowing gregarious plant-eating mammals of the family Leporidae, esp. Oryctolagus cuniculus, with long ears and a short tail, varying in colour from brown in the wild to black and white, and kept as a pet or for meat 兔；穴兔 b US a hare [美]野兔 c the fur of the rabbit 兔的毛皮 2 Brit. colloq. a poor performer in any sport or game [英口]蹩脚运动员 ●v. intr. (rabbited, rabbiting) 1 hunt rabbits 猎兔 2 (often foll. by 常后跟 on, away) Brit. colloq. talk excessively or pointlessly; chatter [英口]唠叨；闲扯 rabbiting on about his holiday 对他的假期唠叨不休 □ rabbity adj.[Middle English, perhaps from Old French (cf. French dialect rabotte), perhaps of Low Dutch origin] |