reindeer

英 ['re?nd??] 美['rend?r]

暢通詞匯哺乳動物

復數:?reindeer;?reindeers;

reindeer 馴鹿

來自古諾斯語 hreindyri,來自 dyr,動物，鹿，詞源同 deer,鹿，hreinn,馴鹿，來自 PIE*ker,角，詞源同 horn.該詞 rein-本身已經表示鹿，與 rein（韁繩）沒有詞源聯系，巧合的是，這種鹿確實大量的被人工馴養并用于拉雪橇。

reindeer (n.): c. 1400, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hreindyri "reindeer," from dyr "animal" (see deer) + hreinn, by itself the usual name for the animal, from Proto-Germanic *khrinda- (cognates: Old English hran "reindeer;" German Renn "reindeer," which was altered by folk etymology influence of rennen "to run;" Swedish ren-ko "female reindeer," with ko "cow" (n.)).

Probably from PIE *krei-, from base *ker- (1) "horn, head," with derivatives referring to horned animals (both male and female reindeer have horns; those of the male are remarkable), and thus perhaps cognate with Greek krios "ram" (see kerato-). Older sources connect it to words in Lapp or Finnish. French renne, Spanish reno, Italian renna ultimately are from Germanic.

1. Reindeer receded northward and eastward, and bison and horse followed.: 馴鹿向北方和東方撤退, 野牛和馬也隨之而去.

3. The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.: 那群馴鹿被一只狼群尋蹤追趕上來.

5. Their traditional livelihood revolves around reindeer, which number about 200,000 in Finland.: 他們傳統的生計是靠芬蘭國內的大約20萬只馴鹿.