hamster
/ˈhæmstə(r)/noun
1- a solitary burrowing rodent with a short tail and large cheek pouches for carrying food, native to Europe and North Asia仓鼠。
1.1
- Subfamily Cricetinae, family Muridae: several genera and species, in particular the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), often kept as a pet or laboratory animal, and the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus).仓鼠亚科, 鼠科：数属, 数种, 尤指常被当作宠物或用于实验研究的金色中仓鼠（拉丁名Mesocricetus auratus）和普通中仓鼠（拉丁名Cricetus cricetus）。
词源
early 17th cent.: from German， from Old High German hamustro 'corn-weevil'.