英语词汇dormouse的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

dormouse. A member of the rodent family that the Romans raised for food, the little, six-inch-long dormouse (Glis glis) resembles a small squirrel in looks and habits. Its name—about five centuries old—is something of a mystery, but many ety- mologists believe the creature is named for its appearance of sleepiness, that dormouse derives from the Swedish dorsk, “sleepy,” or the Latin dormire, “to sleep.” In fact, the dormouse, which Alice had such a hard time keeping awake at the Mad Hatter’s tea party, is one of the legendary “seven sleepers” of the animal world, along with the ground squirrel, marmot, hedgehog, badger, bat, and bear. A hibernating dormouse— coiled up with its forefeet tucked under its chin, its hind feet clenched in front of its face, and its tail curled over its face— can be rolled across a table like a wheel and won’t come awake. The savage garden dormouse will immediately devour any dormouse that begins its winter sleep before the others, even its own mother.

词汇	dormouse
词源	dormouse. A member of the rodent family that the Romans raised for food, the little, six-inch-long dormouse (Glis glis) resembles a small squirrel in looks and habits. Its name—about five centuries old—is something of a mystery, but many ety- mologists believe the creature is named for its appearance of sleepiness, that dormouse derives from the Swedish dorsk, “sleepy,” or the Latin dormire, “to sleep.” In fact, the dormouse, which Alice had such a hard time keeping awake at the Mad Hatter’s tea party, is one of the legendary “seven sleepers” of the animal world, along with the ground squirrel, marmot, hedgehog, badger, bat, and bear. A hibernating dormouse— coiled up with its forefeet tucked under its chin, its hind feet clenched in front of its face, and its tail curled over its face— can be rolled across a table like a wheel and won’t come awake. The savage garden dormouse will immediately devour any dormouse that begins its winter sleep before the others, even its own mother.
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