beaver
n
1 [C] fur-coated animal with strong teeth that lives both on land and in water and gnaws down trees to build dams 海狸.
2 [U] its brown fur 海狸的褐色皮毛
[attrib 作定语]
a beaver hat 海狸皮帽子.
3 (idm 习语) an eager beaver => eager. beaver, v (phr v) beaver away (at sth) (infml 口 esp Brit) work hard 勤奋工作
I've been beavering away at this job for hours. 我几小时一直在全力做这件事.
🗣️ 情景例句
It's all my fault. I'll try to make it up to you.
这事儿全怪我。 我会尽力补救。
Now, we're doing something new making skin strong enough that it doesn't wrinkle, become dry, or develop blemishes.
现在我们正在做一些改进,使皮质变得坚韧而不致有皱纹,变干或产生磨损。
it would take about 700 years for half of us to die,