squirrel

noun
🔊/ˈskwɪrəl/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəl/
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  1. a small animal with a long, thick tail and red, grey or black fur. Squirrels eat nuts and live in trees. 松鼠
    see also flying squirrel, ground squirrelTopics Animalsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • grey/​gray
    • red
    squirrel + verb
    • dart
    • scamper
    • scurry
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    Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French esquireul, from a diminutive of Latin sciurus, from Greek skiouros, from skia ‘shade’ + oura ‘tail’. Current verb senses date from the early 20th cent.

squirrel

verb
🔊/ˈskwɪrəl/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they squirrel
🔊/ˈskwɪrəl/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəl/
he / she / it squirrels
🔊/ˈskwɪrəlz/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəlz/
past simple squirrelled
🔊/ˈskwɪrəld/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəld/
past participle squirrelled
🔊/ˈskwɪrəld/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəld/
(US English) past simple squirreled
🔊/ˈskwɪrəld/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəld/
(US English) past participle squirreled
🔊/ˈskwɪrəld/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəld/
-ing form squirrelling
🔊/ˈskwɪrəlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəlɪŋ/
(US English) -ing form squirreling
🔊/ˈskwɪrəlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskwɜːrəlɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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    Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French esquireul, from a diminutive of Latin sciurus, from Greek skiouros, from skia ‘shade’ + oura ‘tail’. Current verb senses date from the early 20th cent.