hamster

名词 hamster:

1. short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches

1. The hamster had got through the wire at the front of its cage.
   仓鼠从其笼子前部的栅栏处钻出去了。

ham.ster

n.（名词）
A small Eurasian rodent of the subfamily Cricetinae, especiallyMesocricetus auratus, having large cheek pouches and a short tail and often kept as a pet or used in laboratory research.
仓鼠：一种小型的仓鼠科亚科的欧亚啮齿类动物，尤指仓鼠 ，它有很大的颊囊，一条短尾巴，经常被养作宠物或用于实验研究

来源：
German
德语
from Middle High German hamastra
源自 中古高地德语 hamastra
perhaps from Old High German hamustro
可能源自 古高地德语 hamustro
[of Slavic origin]
[来源于斯拉夫语]