moose: [17] The moose’s name is a native American word. It comes from Natick moos, which has been linked by some with Narragansett moosu ‘he strips’, an allusion to the moose’s habit of stripping the bark from trees.
moose (n.)
1610s, from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett moos or Abenaki moz (compare Penobscot muns, Ojibwa mooz, Unami Delaware /mo:s/), said by early sources to be from moosu "he strips off," in reference to the animals' stripping bark for food.
雙語例句
1. He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia.
他動(dòng)身前往新斯科舍參加為時(shí)19天的駝鹿捕獵活動(dòng)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It's a great honor to be introduced by Ambassador Moose.
由穆斯(Moose)大使將我介紹給大家,令我深感榮幸.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. There was a moose head on the wall. Some wag had put a cigarette in its mouth.
墻上掛著一個(gè)駝鹿頭。某個(gè)愛搞笑的人在它的嘴里放了一支香煙。
來自柯林斯例句
4. But he did linger, debating, over a squat moose - hide sack.