also musk-rat, 1610s, alteration (by association with musk and rat) of musquash, from Algonquian (probably Powhatan) muscascus, literally "it is red," so called for its colorings. From cognate Abenaki muskwessu comes variant form musquash (1620s).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Muskrat fur almost equals beaver fur in quality.
麝鼠皮在質(zhì)量上幾乎和海獺皮不相上下.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer - James Fenimore Cooper.