将“cub”与“cube”的前三个字母联系记忆,想象一个动物(如小熊)像是一个小立方体(cube)的一部分,从而记住“cub”这个单词,表示幼小的动物。
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cub 幼兽词源不详。可能来自cub-,躺下,词源同incubation,孵卵,孵化。
- cub (n.)
- 1520s, cubbe "young fox," of unknown origin; perhaps from Old Irish cuib "whelp," or from Old Norse kobbi "seal." Extended to the young of bears, lions, etc., after 1590s. The native word was whelp. Cub Scout is from 1922.
- 1. He had been a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star.
- 他曾是《堪萨斯城市星报》的一名年轻记者。
- 2. One morning when a vixen was taking her babies out of the lair, she saw a lioness and her cub.
- 一天清早,雌狐狸带着她的孩子走出巢穴, 看见了母狮子和她的孩子.
- 3. The lip of that confounded cub, the second mate, quivered visibly.
- 二副, 那个惊慌失措的小伙子的嘴唇明显地哆嗦起来了.
- 4. A Piper Cub was chartered to fly.
- 人们采用了派厄泼克勃型飞机飞行.
- 5. A cub is a small bear.
- 那只幼兽是只小熊.