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rabbit

noun
🔊/ˈræbɪt/
🔊/ˈræbɪt/
 Idioms
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  1. [countable] a small animal with soft fur, long ears and a short tail. Rabbits live in holes in the ground or are kept as pets or for food.兔
    • a rabbit hutch兔笼
    compare hare
    Extra Examples
    • A frightened rabbit will bolt for its hole.受惊吓的野兔会迅速窜向它的窝。
    • Rabbits breed very fast.兔子繁殖很快。
    Topics Animalsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + rabbit
    • catch
    • chase
    • hunt
    • …
    rabbit + verb
    • hop
    • jump
    • breed
    • …
    rabbit + noun
    • fur
    • skin
    • hole
    • …
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  2. [uncountable] meat from a rabbit兔肉Topics Fooda2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe).
Idioms
breed like rabbits
  1. (informal) to have a lot of babies in a short space of time猎兔；捕兔
    • These rodents breed like rabbits.这些啮齿动物像兔子一样繁殖。
pull something/a rabbit out of the hat
  1. (informal) to suddenly produce something as a solution to a problem突然提出解决方法；突施妙计

rabbit

verb
🔊/ˈræbɪt/
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[intransitive]
go rabbiting
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rabbit
🔊/ˈræbɪt/
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he / she / it rabbits
🔊/ˈræbɪts/
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past simple rabbited
🔊/ˈræbɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈræbɪtɪd/
past participle rabbited
🔊/ˈræbɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈræbɪtɪd/
-ing form rabbiting
🔊/ˈræbɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈræbɪtɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to hunt or shoot rabbits猎兔；捕兔
    Word Originlate Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe).