beaver
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bea·ver1 /ˈbiːvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1.
HBAa North American animal that has thick fur and a wide flat tail, and cuts down trees with its teeth 河狸，海狸 → eager beaver at eager(2)
HBAa North American animal that has thick fur and a wide flat tail, and cuts down trees with its teeth 河狸，海狸 → eager beaver at eager(2)Examples from the Corpus
beaver• Whatever its benefits, a beaver lake is a conspicuous and characteristic feature of the landscape.• These meant that a beaver had been here recently.• This will tend to apply to all the logs placed by any beaver bearing this particular mutation.• A prime beaver pelt was worth $ 6 to $ 8 a pound.• Although retired, Selwyn Hopkins was a regular beaver where gardening was concerned.• Like the beaver skins, it had never had a function in this domesticated place.• The beaver skins that Oliver had sent her from Deadwood were a trouble.• Luiza and Freddi were there, Luiza muffled up in a huge and unflattering beaver lamb coat that had seen better days.beaver2 verb 1 beaver away phrasal verb informal WORK HARDto work very hard, especially at writing or calculating something 卖力地干，努力工作〔尤指写作或计算〕 at He’s been beavering away at his homework for hours. 他埋头做作业已经有几个小时了。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
beaver• To do the work requires an enormous amount of effort beavering away among old records, checking, copying and encoding.• Information can be automatically kept up to date, and will allow individuals to co-operate on projects instead of beavering away in isolation.• The Doc's patented micro-organisms were beavering away inside, keeping her at the peak of perfection.• You will enjoy beavering away to find out.Origin beaver Old English beoforbea·ver1 nounbeaver2 verbChineseSyllable
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beaver
bea‧ver1 /ˈbiːvə $ -ər/ 
noun [countable]
a North American animal that has thick fur and a wide flat tail, and cuts down trees with its teeth
⇨ eager beaver at eager(2)
beaver2 verb
beaver away phrasal verb informal
to work very hard, especially at writing or calculating something
beaver away at
He’s been beavering away at his homework for hours.
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noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: beofor
Origin: beofor
a North American animal that has thick fur and a wide flat tail, and cuts down trees with its teeth
⇨ eager beaver at eager(2)
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verbbeaver away phrasal verb informal
to work very hard, especially at writing or calculating something
beaver away at
especially
