Urchin



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.顽童
• ［英］ n.顽童 ( mischievous child [usually a boy])

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English yrchoun, urchoun, from Anglo-French heri?un, hirechoun, from Old French *eriz, from Latin ericius, from eris; akin to Greek chēr hedgehog
• Date: 14th century
• 1. archaic hedgehog 1a
• 2. a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster <street urchins>
• 3. sea urchin

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