mid-15c., stote, "the ermine, especially in its brown summer coat," of uncertain origin. The word bears resemblance to Old Norse stutr "bull," Swedish stut "bull," Danish stud "ox," but the sense is difficult unless a common notion is "male animal."
双语例句
1. Fox, badger, weasel and stoat are regularly seen here.
狐狸、獾、黄鼠狼和白鼬在这里很常见。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I shall come down your burrow and chivvy you out like an old stoat.
我要钻进你的地洞里去,象赶一只老鼬鼠一般把你赶出来.
来自辞典例句
3. Now triangular blades farther back , like secateurs, help the stoat to cut meat away from bone.
