- a female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year雌鹿(尤指三岁或三岁以上的红鹿或梅花鹿)。
词源
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hinde and German Hinde, from an Indo-European root meaning 'hornless', shared by Greek kemas 'young deer'.
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- archaic, chiefly Scottish〈古, 主苏格兰〉a skilled farm worker, typically married and with a tied cottage(尤指已婚、租用农工房屋的)农场熟练工。
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- a farm steward or bailiff农场管家。
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- a peasant or rustic农夫, 乡下人。
词源
late Old English hīne 'household servants', apparently from hīgna, hīna, genitive plural of hīgan, hīwan 'family members'.