water vole

英 [ˈwɔːtə vəʊl]

美 [ˈwɔːtər voʊl]

n.  水䶄，水田鼠，水鼠(穴居于溪流、湖泊旁)

牛津词典

noun

• 水䶄，水田鼠，水鼠（穴居于溪流、湖泊旁）
  an animal like a rat that swims and lives in a hole beside a river or lake

柯林斯词典

• 水鼠
  Awater voleis a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers.

英英释义

noun

• of western North America
  Synonym:Richardson voleMicrotus richardsoni
• common large Eurasian vole
  Synonym:water ratArvicola amphibius

双语例句

• Storing water of the reservoir played perhaps a vole in the process of aftershock activity.
  水库蓄水可能对一些余震的发生起了一定作用。