Definition of otter in English:

otter

noun ˈɒtəˈɑdər

1A semiaquatic fish-eating mammal of the weasel family, with an elongated body, dense fur, and webbed feet.
水獭
Lutra and other genera, family Mustelidae: several species, including the European otter (L. lutra). See also sea otter
Example sentencesExamples
- After last year's triumph, you are cordially invited to bring your otters, voles, badgers and weasels for a day's work experience.
- They are carnivores like the stoat, weasel, otter and badger.
- The weasel family includes such colourful characters as otters, wolverines, skunks, minks and badgers.
- Their latest data show that 38 percent of the live sea otter population and over half of the dead otters analyzed have been exposed to the parasite.
- They do, however, both belong to the same Mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks and otters, and that's close enough for us.
- It also walks on the soles of its feet like a bear, but the resemblance ends there, as the badger is actually from the same family as otters and weasels.
- Fishermen have kept records of catches over the years and many naturalists and field sports people recorded sightings of mammals like the otter.
- Bald eagles, snowy egrets, great blue herons, otters, muskrat, and deer inhabit the banks of the Pocomoke River.
- Although demand is no longer as high, raccoon pelts may still be sold as imitation mink, otter, or seal fur.
- Other animals spotted in Greater Manchester include otters, stoats and weasels.
- While it deals mainly with seals it has also rescued dolphins, porpoises, otters, deer, numerous birds and even a Siberian tiger.
- Darwin had already cited the mink and the otter as transitional in conversion of land carnivores to aquatic habits.
- Most common are bears, orcas, sea lions, seals, otters, eagles, terns and cormorants.
- The body of the mother otter was sent for post-mortem examination to try to establish how old the cubs might be.
- A little higher off the forest floor, they can tick red squirrels, badgers, otters and foxes off their nature checklist, and if they are lucky, spot herds of red deer bounding over the hillside.
- As members of the marten family, giant otters are susceptible to both diseases.
- Sometimes falling prey, on land, to wolves and coyotes, the otter's principal enemies are humans.
- We were fortunate too that on our arrival a family of otters had decided to make the stretch of river running by the Mills their new home.
- Next to this is an entire room filled with more exotic animals, including a monkey and baby, a pronghorn antelope and an otter.
- The session begins with a mammal expert explaining more about water voles, otters and mink.
2A piece of board used to carry fishing bait in water.
浮钩具

Origin

Old English otr, ot(t)or, of Germanic origin; related to Greek hudros 'water snake'.

water from Old English:
The people living around the Black Sea more than 5 000 years ago had a word for water. We do not know exactly what it was, but it was probably the source for the words used for ‘water’ in many European languages, past and present. In Old English it was wæter. The Greek was hudōr, the source of words like hydraulic (mid 17th century) and hydrotherapy (late 19th century). The same root led to the formation of Latin unda ‘wave’, as in inundate (late 18th century), abound (Middle English) (from Latin abundare ‘overflow’), and undulate (mid 17th century), Russian voda (the source of vodka), German Wasser, and the English words wet (Old English) and otter (Old English). Of the first water means ‘unsurpassed’. The three highest grades into which diamonds or pearls could be classified used to be called waters, but only first water, the top one, is found today, describing a completely flawless gem. An equivalent term is found in many European languages, and all are thought to come from the Arabic word for water, mā, which also meant ‘shine or splendour’, presumably from the appearance of very pure water. People and things other than gems began to be described as of the first water in the 1820s. Nowadays the phrase is rarely used as a compliment: in a letter written in 1950, P.G. Wodehouse commented disparagingly on J. M. Barrie's play The Admirable Crichton: ‘I remember being entranced with it in 1904 or whenever it was, but now it seems like a turkey of the first water.’ If you study a duck shaking its wings after diving for food you will see the point of water off a duck's back, used since the 1820s of a potentially hurtful remark that has no apparent effect. The water forms into beads and simply slides off the bird's waterproof feathers, leaving the duck dry. Water under the bridge refers to events that are in the past and should no longer to be regarded as important. Similar phrases are recorded since the beginning of the 20th century. A North American variant is water over the dam. The first uses of waterlogged, in the late 18th century, referred to ships that were so flooded with water that they became heavy and unmanageable, and no better than a log floating in the sea. A watershed, a ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers or seas, has nothing to do with garden sheds but means ‘ridge of high ground’ and is connected with shed (Old English) meaning ‘discard’.

Rhymes

blotter, cotta, cottar, dotter, gotta, hotter, jotter, knotter, pelota, plotter, potter, ricotta, rotter, spotter, squatter, terracotta, totter, trotter

Definition of otter in US English:

otter

nounˈädərˈɑdər

A semiaquatic fish-eating mammal of the weasel family, with an elongated body, dense fur, and webbed feet.
水獭
Lutra and other genera, family Mustelidae: several species, including the river otter (L. canadensis). See also sea otter
Example sentencesExamples
- It also walks on the soles of its feet like a bear, but the resemblance ends there, as the badger is actually from the same family as otters and weasels.
- Next to this is an entire room filled with more exotic animals, including a monkey and baby, a pronghorn antelope and an otter.
- They do, however, both belong to the same Mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks and otters, and that's close enough for us.
- Fishermen have kept records of catches over the years and many naturalists and field sports people recorded sightings of mammals like the otter.
- While it deals mainly with seals it has also rescued dolphins, porpoises, otters, deer, numerous birds and even a Siberian tiger.
- They are carnivores like the stoat, weasel, otter and badger.
- The weasel family includes such colourful characters as otters, wolverines, skunks, minks and badgers.
- As members of the marten family, giant otters are susceptible to both diseases.
- Sometimes falling prey, on land, to wolves and coyotes, the otter's principal enemies are humans.
- We were fortunate too that on our arrival a family of otters had decided to make the stretch of river running by the Mills their new home.
- The session begins with a mammal expert explaining more about water voles, otters and mink.
- Although demand is no longer as high, raccoon pelts may still be sold as imitation mink, otter, or seal fur.
- Their latest data show that 38 percent of the live sea otter population and over half of the dead otters analyzed have been exposed to the parasite.
- Bald eagles, snowy egrets, great blue herons, otters, muskrat, and deer inhabit the banks of the Pocomoke River.
- Most common are bears, orcas, sea lions, seals, otters, eagles, terns and cormorants.
- The body of the mother otter was sent for post-mortem examination to try to establish how old the cubs might be.
- A little higher off the forest floor, they can tick red squirrels, badgers, otters and foxes off their nature checklist, and if they are lucky, spot herds of red deer bounding over the hillside.
- After last year's triumph, you are cordially invited to bring your otters, voles, badgers and weasels for a day's work experience.
- Other animals spotted in Greater Manchester include otters, stoats and weasels.
- Darwin had already cited the mink and the otter as transitional in conversion of land carnivores to aquatic habits.

Origin

Old English otr, ot(t)or, of Germanic origin; related to Greek hudros ‘water snake’.

词汇	otter
释义	Definition of otter in English: otter noun ˈɒtəˈɑdər 1A semiaquatic fish-eating mammal of the weasel family, with an elongated body, dense fur, and webbed feet. 水獭 Lutra and other genera, family Mustelidae: several species, including the European otter (L. lutra). See also sea otter Example sentencesExamples After last year's triumph, you are cordially invited to bring your otters, voles, badgers and weasels for a day's work experience. They are carnivores like the stoat, weasel, otter and badger. The weasel family includes such colourful characters as otters, wolverines, skunks, minks and badgers. Their latest data show that 38 percent of the live sea otter population and over half of the dead otters analyzed have been exposed to the parasite. They do, however, both belong to the same Mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks and otters, and that's close enough for us. It also walks on the soles of its feet like a bear, but the resemblance ends there, as the badger is actually from the same family as otters and weasels. Fishermen have kept records of catches over the years and many naturalists and field sports people recorded sightings of mammals like the otter. Bald eagles, snowy egrets, great blue herons, otters, muskrat, and deer inhabit the banks of the Pocomoke River. Although demand is no longer as high, raccoon pelts may still be sold as imitation mink, otter, or seal fur. Other animals spotted in Greater Manchester include otters, stoats and weasels. While it deals mainly with seals it has also rescued dolphins, porpoises, otters, deer, numerous birds and even a Siberian tiger. Darwin had already cited the mink and the otter as transitional in conversion of land carnivores to aquatic habits. Most common are bears, orcas, sea lions, seals, otters, eagles, terns and cormorants. The body of the mother otter was sent for post-mortem examination to try to establish how old the cubs might be. A little higher off the forest floor, they can tick red squirrels, badgers, otters and foxes off their nature checklist, and if they are lucky, spot herds of red deer bounding over the hillside. As members of the marten family, giant otters are susceptible to both diseases. Sometimes falling prey, on land, to wolves and coyotes, the otter's principal enemies are humans. We were fortunate too that on our arrival a family of otters had decided to make the stretch of river running by the Mills their new home. Next to this is an entire room filled with more exotic animals, including a monkey and baby, a pronghorn antelope and an otter. The session begins with a mammal expert explaining more about water voles, otters and mink. 2A piece of board used to carry fishing bait in water. 浮钩具 Origin Old English otr, ot(t)or, of Germanic origin; related to Greek hudros 'water snake'. water from Old English: The people living around the Black Sea more than 5 000 years ago had a word for water. We do not know exactly what it was, but it was probably the source for the words used for ‘water’ in many European languages, past and present. In Old English it was wæter. The Greek was hudōr, the source of words like hydraulic (mid 17th century) and hydrotherapy (late 19th century). The same root led to the formation of Latin unda ‘wave’, as in inundate (late 18th century), abound (Middle English) (from Latin abundare ‘overflow’), and undulate (mid 17th century), Russian voda (the source of vodka), German Wasser, and the English words wet (Old English) and otter (Old English). Of the first water means ‘unsurpassed’. The three highest grades into which diamonds or pearls could be classified used to be called waters, but only first water, the top one, is found today, describing a completely flawless gem. An equivalent term is found in many European languages, and all are thought to come from the Arabic word for water, mā, which also meant ‘shine or splendour’, presumably from the appearance of very pure water. People and things other than gems began to be described as of the first water in the 1820s. Nowadays the phrase is rarely used as a compliment: in a letter written in 1950, P.G. Wodehouse commented disparagingly on J. M. Barrie's play The Admirable Crichton: ‘I remember being entranced with it in 1904 or whenever it was, but now it seems like a turkey of the first water.’ If you study a duck shaking its wings after diving for food you will see the point of water off a duck's back, used since the 1820s of a potentially hurtful remark that has no apparent effect. The water forms into beads and simply slides off the bird's waterproof feathers, leaving the duck dry. Water under the bridge refers to events that are in the past and should no longer to be regarded as important. Similar phrases are recorded since the beginning of the 20th century. A North American variant is water over the dam. The first uses of waterlogged, in the late 18th century, referred to ships that were so flooded with water that they became heavy and unmanageable, and no better than a log floating in the sea. A watershed, a ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers or seas, has nothing to do with garden sheds but means ‘ridge of high ground’ and is connected with shed (Old English) meaning ‘discard’. Rhymes blotter, cotta, cottar, dotter, gotta, hotter, jotter, knotter, pelota, plotter, potter, ricotta, rotter, spotter, squatter, terracotta, totter, trotter Definition of otter in US English: otter nounˈädərˈɑdər A semiaquatic fish-eating mammal of the weasel family, with an elongated body, dense fur, and webbed feet. 水獭 Lutra and other genera, family Mustelidae: several species, including the river otter (L. canadensis). See also sea otter Example sentencesExamples It also walks on the soles of its feet like a bear, but the resemblance ends there, as the badger is actually from the same family as otters and weasels. Next to this is an entire room filled with more exotic animals, including a monkey and baby, a pronghorn antelope and an otter. They do, however, both belong to the same Mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks and otters, and that's close enough for us. Fishermen have kept records of catches over the years and many naturalists and field sports people recorded sightings of mammals like the otter. While it deals mainly with seals it has also rescued dolphins, porpoises, otters, deer, numerous birds and even a Siberian tiger. They are carnivores like the stoat, weasel, otter and badger. The weasel family includes such colourful characters as otters, wolverines, skunks, minks and badgers. As members of the marten family, giant otters are susceptible to both diseases. Sometimes falling prey, on land, to wolves and coyotes, the otter's principal enemies are humans. We were fortunate too that on our arrival a family of otters had decided to make the stretch of river running by the Mills their new home. The session begins with a mammal expert explaining more about water voles, otters and mink. Although demand is no longer as high, raccoon pelts may still be sold as imitation mink, otter, or seal fur. Their latest data show that 38 percent of the live sea otter population and over half of the dead otters analyzed have been exposed to the parasite. Bald eagles, snowy egrets, great blue herons, otters, muskrat, and deer inhabit the banks of the Pocomoke River. Most common are bears, orcas, sea lions, seals, otters, eagles, terns and cormorants. The body of the mother otter was sent for post-mortem examination to try to establish how old the cubs might be. A little higher off the forest floor, they can tick red squirrels, badgers, otters and foxes off their nature checklist, and if they are lucky, spot herds of red deer bounding over the hillside. After last year's triumph, you are cordially invited to bring your otters, voles, badgers and weasels for a day's work experience. Other animals spotted in Greater Manchester include otters, stoats and weasels. Darwin had already cited the mink and the otter as transitional in conversion of land carnivores to aquatic habits. Origin Old English otr, ot(t)or, of Germanic origin; related to Greek hudros ‘water snake’.
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