small arctic rodent, c. 1600, from Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lomundr "lemming." Perhaps from Lapp luomek. Figurative sense (in reference to their mass migrations that sometimes end in plunges into the sea) is from 1958.
双语例句
1. Lemming-like we rushed into certain disaster.
我们像旅鼠一样忙不迭地投入灾难。
来自《权威词典》
2. The soldiers continued their advance, possessed by some lemming like instinct for self - destruction.
士兵们持续他们的前进, 像某些旅鼠 自我 毁灭的天性般著魔.
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3. North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged.
