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- a burrowing gregarious plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail兔, 穴兔。
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- Family Leporidae: several genera and species, in particular the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet or raised for food.兔科：数属, 数种, 尤指穴兔（拉丁名Oryctolagus cuniculus）, 常作宠物或食用兔饲养。
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- mass noun the flesh of the rabbit as food兔肉。
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- mass noun the fur of the rabbit兔毛皮。
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- informal a poor performer in a sport or game, in particular (in cricket) a poor batsman〈非正式〉（运动）新手; 蹩脚运动员（尤指蹩脚板球击球手）。
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- US a runner who acts as pacesetter in the first laps of a race〈美〉（长跑头几圈的）领跑者。
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- Brit. informal a conversation〈英, 非正式〉闲聊, 拉呱：
we had quite a heated rabbit about it.
对这事我们聊得相当热烈。
ORIGIN: from rabbit and pork, hyming slang for 'talk'.
(rabbited, rabbiting)no obj.
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- usu. as noun rabbiting hunt rabbits打兔子, 猎兔：
locate the area where you can go rabbiting.
把打兔子的地点定下来。
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- Brit. informal talk at length, especially about trivial matters〈英, 非正式〉喋喋不休, 唠叨; 闲扯, 拉呱：
stop rabbiting on, will you, and go to bed!
不要再闲扯了, 好吗, 上床睡觉吧！
短语
breed like rabbits
- informal reproduce prolifically〈非正式〉像兔子下崽似的生儿育女; 大量繁殖。
pull （或bring） a rabbit out of the （或a） hat
- used to describe an action that is fortuitous, and may involve sleight of hand or deception（尤指出乎意外）变戏法似的找到解决办法：
a rabbit has been pulled out of the political hat.
神奇的是解决这一政治问题的办法像变戏法似的找到了。
派生词
rabbity
adjective词源
late Middle English: apparently from Old French （compare with French dialect rabotte 'young rabbit'）, perhaps of Dutch origin （compare with Flemish robbe）.