beaver
n
1 [C] fur-coated animal with strong teeth that lives both on land and in water and gnaws down trees to build dams 海狸.
2 [U] its brown fur 海狸的褐色皮毛
[attrib 作定语]
a beaver hat 海狸皮帽子.
3 (idm 习语) an eager beaver => eager. beaver, v (phr v) beaver away (at sth) (infml 口 esp Brit) work hard 勤奋工作
I've been beavering away at this job for hours. 我几小时一直在全力做这件事.
🗣️ 情景例句
This has been a hard course for me.
这门课对于我来说很难。
Marry in haste,and repent at leisure.
匆匆结婚,时时悔恨。
From the Skeppsbron and surrounding islands the people watched this thing of beauty begin to spread her sails and catch the wind.