lemming的词源

英文词源

lemming (n.)

small arctic rodent, c. 1600, from Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lomundr "lemming." Perhaps from Lapp luomek. Figurative sense (in reference to their mass migrations that sometimes end in plunges into the sea) is from 1958.

中文词源

lemming：旅鼠

来自挪威语。

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