'Otter' is spelt with a double t.
otter一词中有两个t。
《牛津词典》Since 1977 otter hunting has been illegal.
捕猎水獭1977年以后就被列为非法了。
《牛津词典》"Of course he will," chuckled the Otter.
“他当然愿意。”水獭奥特咯咯笑着。
"Toad's out, for one," replied the Otter.
“托德出来了,他也是其中之一。”水獭奥特答道。
She collared my black wool coat with otter pelts.
她用水獭皮把我的黑色羊毛大衣围起来。
"It'll be all right, my fine fellow," said the Otter.
“没事的,我的好朋友。”水獭奥特说。
Not an Otter to be seen, as far as the distant horizon.
在遥远的地平线上,一只水獭也看不见。
You remind me of a brown mouse, or perhaps a frightened otter.
你让我想起了一只棕色的老鼠,或者也许是一只受惊的水獭。
"It must be getting on for luncheon time," he remarked to the Otter.
“肯定是快到吃午饭的时间了。”他对水獭奥特说。
The Otter showed a gleaming set of strong white teeth as he laughed.
水獭奥特笑了,露出一排亮晶晶的白牙齿。
"Thought I should find you here all right," said the Otter cheerfully.
“我就知道能在这儿找到你。”水獭奥特高兴地说。
"Proud, I'm sure," said the Otter, and the two animals were friends forthwith.
“我确定我很荣幸。”水獭说,两只动物立刻成了朋友。
It made her sad to find a solitary otter in a small cage at Beijing Zoo four years ago.
四年前,她在北京动物园的一个小笼子里发现了一只孤独的水獭,这让她十分难过。
"Such a good fellow, too," remarked the Otter reflectively: "But no stability--especially in a boat!"
“也真是个好人,”水獭奥特若有所思地说:“就是多变——尤其是在船上!”
Jim said he felt like an otter, since he loved to turn and twist in the deep pools and could swim underwater a long way.
吉姆说他感觉自己像只水獭,因为他喜欢在深水池里转来转去,而且能在水下游很长一段距离。
The "Lone Woman of San Nicolas"—an Indian woman first spotted by an otter hunter in 1853, completely alone on an island off the coast of California.
“圣·尼古拉斯的独行女”——她是一名印第安人,于1853年首次被一位水獭猎人发现,在加利福尼亚海边的一座岛上过着完全与世隔绝的生活。
Sea cows were totally dependent on kelp for food, and within a decade of the onset of otter hunting, Steller noted that the islands' sea cows appeared malnourished.
海牛完全以海藻为食,在捕猎水獭开始的十年里,斯特勒注意到,岛上的海牛似乎营养不良。
Over ten years ago, a family of beavers turned up in a part of the river Otter, in Devon.
十多年前,德文郡水獭河中出现了一个海狸家族。
Why should Otter choose to watch there?
为什么奥特要选择在那儿守着呢?
Think of poor Otter, waiting up there by the ford!
想想可怜的奥特吧,他在浅滩那儿等着呢!
Of course if you were Badger or Otter, it would be quite another matter.
当然,如果你是班杰或奥特,那就另当别论了。
However, by 1750, hunters had also targeted nearby sea otter populations.
然而,到了1750年,猎人们也开始瞄准附近的海獭种群。
Otter goes there every night and watches—on the chance, you know, just on the chance!
奥特每天晚上都去那儿去守着,你知道,他只是想碰碰运气!
42% could not identify an otter.
42%的人认不出水獭。
Otter taught English during an extended stay in Vietnam.
奥特小姐在越南的延住逗留期间,就当起了英语老师。
Ms. Otter taught English during an extended stay in Vietnam.
奥特小姐在越南的延住逗留期间,就当起了英语老师。
out in the field with transport by Twin Otter, helicopter or snowmobile;
乘坐双獭飞机、直升机或雪地摩托去工作现场;
Carin told us that when she was a little girl, otter was her favorite animal.
Carin说,童年时,水獭就是她最喜欢的动物。
However, once I managed to cannonball in, I was as happy and carefree as an otter.
但每次我入水之后,我又像一只水獭一样快乐、无忧无虑。
A young sea otter frolics in Monterey Bay, California, as a diver watches nearby.
一只年幼的小海獭正在加利福尼亚的蒙特雷湾欢快地嬉戏,一点儿也没在意边上的潜水员。
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sea otter
[动]海獭(见于北太平洋沿岸)