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wood·chuck AHD[w‹dʹchŭk'] D.J.[ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk]K.K.[ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk]n.（名词）- A common burrowing rodent(Marmota monax) of northern and eastern North America, having a short-legged, heavy-set body and grizzled brownish fur. Also called groundhog Regional whistle pig 北美土拨鼠，美洲旱獭：北美北部和东部的一种普通的穴居啮齿类动物（北美土拨鼠） ，有短腿、健壮的身体和灰棕色的皮毛 也作 groundhog【区域的】 whistle pig
- [By folk etymology, probably of New England Algonquian origin] [根据民间传说，可能源自新英格兰阿尔贡金语]
注释- The woodchuck goes by several names in the United States.The most famous of these isgroundhog, under which name all the legends about the animal's hibernation have accrued.In the Appalachian Mountains the woodchuck is known as awhistle pig. The wordwoodchuck is probably a folk etymology of a New England Algonquian word—that is, English-speaking settlers "translated" the Indian word into a compound of two words that made sense to them in light of the animal's habitat.土拨鼠在美国有好几个名字。最有名的是groundhog， 在这个名字中关于动物冬眠的传奇已经出现了。在阿巴拉契亚山脉，土拨鼠被认作whistle pig 。 woodchuck 这个词可能是新英格兰阿尔贡金语中民间起源的语汇──就是说， 讲英语的殖民者的把这个印度语单词根据这种动物的习性“翻”成了两个字的合成词，以使其有意义
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