lemming

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lem·ming /ˈlemɪŋ/ noun [countable]  HBAa small animal that looks like a rat. Lemmings are known for following each other in large numbers and killing themselves by jumping off cliffs into the sea. 旅鼠

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lemming• Coniferous forests, often hunting by day for mammals as large as squirrels and lemmings.• The tundra is widely grazed by mammals, especially voles and lemmings that burrow in the undergrowth.• His shoulders were shaking, and tears were scrambling down his crumpled cheeks like lemmings.• John Giacobbi sums it up quite nicely when he portrays the average A&Rs as narrow-minded lemmings worried about job security.• I once saw a cartoon which pictured hundreds of lemmings throwing themselves off a cliff and drowning in the water below.• Tundra and high northern moorland, feeding mainly on lemmings and birds the size of Ptarmigan and Oystercatcher.• Investors are not children or lemmings.Origin lemming (1700-1800) Norwegian

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lemming
lem‧ming /ˈlemɪŋ/ noun [countable]a small animal that looks like a rat. Lemmings are known for following each other in large numbers and killing themselves by jumping off cliffs into the sea.

lem·mingBrE /ˈlemɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlemɪŋ/ 🔊 nouna small animal like a mouse, that lives in cold northern countries. Sometimes large groups of lemmings migrate (= move from one place to another) in search of food. Many of them die on these journeys and there is a popular belief that lemmings kill themselves by jumping off cliffs. 旅鼠（许多人认为旅鼠会从悬崖上跳下自杀）◆Lemming-like we rushed into certain disaster. 我们像旅鼠一样忙不迭地冲进灾难。🔊🔊