beaver
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The fur of the beaver.
Đồng nghĩa: castorette
- 3.
(countable)A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
Đồng nghĩa: castor, castoreum
- 4.
(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
Đồng nghĩa: castor
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
Đồng nghĩa: beaver brown, castor
- 7.
(countable)(countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- 8.
(alt of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- 9.
(countable, slang)A beard or a bearded person.
Đồng nghĩa: beard, beardo, beardy
- 10.
(historical, slang, uncountable)A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
- 11.
(Canada, US, countable, slang)(chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
Đồng nghĩa: beav, nest
- 12.
(US, countable, offensive, slang, uncountable)A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- 2.
To work hard.
- 3.
(slang)(logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
- 4.
(backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- 5.
(slang)To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
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thumb|American beaver (Castor canadensis species) (Q47542) From Middle English bever, from Old English befer, from *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (beaver).