beaver
海狸,河狸,海獭,山狸
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plural bea·vers, bea·ver for 1.
- : a large, amphibious rodent of the genus Castor, having sharp incisors, webbed hind feet, and a flattened tail, noted for its ability to dam streams with trees, branches, etc.
- : the fur of this animal.
- : a flat, round hat made of beaver fur or a similar fabric.
- : a tall, cylindrical hat for men, formerly made of beaver and now of a fabric simulating this fur.Compare opera hat, silk hat, top hat.
- : Informal. a full beard or a man wearing one.
- : Informal. an exceptionally active or hard-working person.
- : Slang: Vulgar. a woman's pubic area.Offensive.a term used to refer to a woman.
- : Textiles. a cotton cloth with a thick nap, used chiefly in the manufacture of work clothes. a heavy, soft, woolen cloth with a thick nap, made to resemble beaver fur.
- : a native or inhabitant of Oregon, the Beaver State.
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- : British. to work very hard or industriously at something.
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However, only about a third of these sites occurred near features such as beaver feeding trails.
That was the Year of the Beaver, when trees by the creek were suddenly reduced to pointed nubs, like pencils in a sharpener.
I’ve gotten bell to bell face shots of champagne powder at Steamboat Springs, ripped groomer after groomer under a cloudless sky at Beaver Creek and racked up insane amounts of vertical at Jackson Hole.
A Yupik Eskimo-made seal skin hat I have, lined with beaver is impervious to the coldest wind, and it’s too hot to wear with any sort of strenuous activity.
A newlywed couple settling into a neighborhood that’s more “Leave it to Beaver” than Avengers Tower.
I worked like a beaver to get it out, and yet the disease appeared to creep from limb to limb of the study before me.
A dead beaver was spotted near Edgewater Court near the water.
The damp, gray Beaver State is attracting the most incoming movers of any other state, according to a new survey.
Commenting on his vanilla—some might even say “hokey”—demeanor, my wife said he reminded her of the father on Leave It to Beaver.
Sure, Mitt Romney seems ripe for parody, what with his Leave It to Beaver vibe and eye-popping wealth.
They also took advantage of the necessity of others, in miserly traffic in Beaver skins with the Savages.
These precautions are necessary, because, like all enterprising animals, the beaver is not without enemies.
From what has been said, it will be readily seen that the maintenance of the dam is a matter of vital importance to the beaver.
After dinner to horse again, being in nothing troubled but the badness of my hat, which I borrowed to save my beaver.
They heard nothing further from the scouts until late in the day, and then Black Beaver overtook them.