gopher
/ˈɡəʊfə//ˈɡoʊfɚ/
gopher1词源 1
词源链
- nai-mus
派生
- frc
gaufre
借入
- 英语English
gopher
词源说明
Perhaps an adaptation of Cajun French gaufre (literally “honeycomb, waffle”), based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a honeycomb or a waffle (doublet of waffle). Alternatively, from Muskogean.
释义
名词noun
- 1A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
- 2A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
- 3A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
- 4A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
- 5
gopher2词源 2
释义
名词noun
- 1Alternative spelling of gofer (“worker who runs errands”).