civet
英 [ˈsɪvɪt]
美 [ˈsɪvɪt]
n. 灵猫，麝猫(分布于中非和亚洲); 麝猫香，灵猫香(用于制作香水)
复数：civets
BNC.49822 / COCA.33760
牛津词典
noun
- 灵猫，麝猫（分布于中非和亚洲）
a wild animal like a cat, that lives in central Africa and Asia - 麝猫香，灵猫香（用于制作香水）
a substance with a strong smell, obtained from a civet , and used in making perfume
英英释义
noun
- cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
双语例句
- Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair. With lively hand, she exemplified cats'whiskers sprouting.
亚洲树栖的灵猫，有易于缠绕的长尾巴和粗浓的黑毛。她用灵巧的手比划着猫在长胡须。 - Somewhat similarly, the world's most expensive coffee comes from the droppings of the civet, a cat-like mammal. Who knew that feces could be the key to such delicacies?
无独有偶，世界上最贵的咖啡也是从麝香猫的粪便里来的。谁知道粪便会不会是绝顶美味的重要元素呢？ - The nocturnal civet grows more than three times a meerkat's length at about 1.4 meters ( 4.6 ft) and is a beautifully patterned animal with a bandit face mask and a jaguar-like pelt, which unfortunately makes it a regular hunting target.
夜间出没的麝香猫身长是猫鼬的三倍多，约1.4米（4.6英尺），长得很漂亮，有一张英气的脸和一副美洲虎般的毛皮，很不幸这使它成为狩猎目标。 - Common small civet of southeast Asia.
亚洲东南部普通的小型灵猫。 - Studies conducted last year detected a SARS-like virus in some animal species, including the masked palm civet.
去年在一些动物（包括果子狸）身上检测出一种SARS样病毒。 - As for the SARS virus, the medical community has traced its source to people's slaughter of wild civet cats to eat.
至于非典的病毒，医学界追溯其源头，乃来自屠宰啖食野生动物果子狸。 - Objective To investigate the possible infections of SARS-CoV in civet cat bred in the suburbs of Beijing.
目的调查北京地区养殖果子狸SARS病毒感染和携带情况。 - Meerkats And Civet Cats
麝香猫和猫鼬 - As a national protected animals are tigers, pangolin, serow, a small civet.
列为国家保护动物的有华南虎、穿山甲、苏门羚、小灵猫。 - They may have similar names and superb, feline-like agility, but neither meerkats nor civet cats are remotely related to cats.
虽然麝香猫及猫鼬和猫有相似的名字，也有同样机灵、敏捷的身形，但其实麝猫和猫鼬都不是猫科动物。