a burrowing gregarious plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail
兔，穴兔。
[mass noun]the flesh of the rabbit as food
兔肉。
[mass noun]the fur of the rabbit
兔毛皮。
North American term for
〈北美〉 同
〈非正式〉 （运动）新手；蹩脚运动员（尤指蹩脚板球击球手）。
〈美〉 （长跑头几圈的）领跑者。
〈英，非正式〉 闲聊，拉呱
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we had quite a heated rabbit about it. 对这事我们聊得相当热烈。[ORIGIN: from
rabbit andpork , hyming slang for ‘talk’.]
[usu. as noun
打兔子，猎兔
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locate the area where you can go rabbiting .把打兔子的地点定下来。
〈英，非正式〉 喋喋不休，唠叨；闲扯，拉呱
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stop rabbiting on ,will you, and go to bed! 不要再闲扯了，好吗，上床睡觉吧！
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breed like rabbits informal reproduce prolifically 〈非正式〉 像兔子下崽似的生儿育女；大量繁殖 -
pull （或bring） a rabbit out of the （或a） hat a rabbit has been pulled out of the political hat. 神奇的是解决这一政治问题的办法像变戏法似的找到了
"late Middle English： apparently from Old French （compare with French dialect
