weasel

Wiesel

Kleines fleischfressendes Tier mit langem, schlankem Körper, kurzen Beinen und weichem Fell.

In einfachem Englisch: A small meat-eating animal with a long thin body, short legs, and soft fur.

• A weasel ran across the path.
• Weasels hunt mice and other small animals.
• The farmer found a weasel near the chicken shed.

Häufige Wendungen: wild weasel, weasel fur, weasel hunts mice

Schleicher, hinterhältiger Kerl

Person, die unehrlich handelt und der man nicht vertrauen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: A person who behaves dishonestly and cannot be trusted.

• That weasel lied to us.
• Don't trust him; he's a sneaky weasel.
• She called the man a weasel after he betrayed her.

Synonyme: rat, sneak

Häufige Wendungen: little weasel, sneaky weasel, lying weasel

Mauswiesel

Die kleinste Wieselart mit langem, schlankem Körper, meist braunem Rücken und weißem Bauch.

In einfachem Englisch: The smallest kind of this long, thin hunting animal, usually brown above and white underneath.

• The least weasel hunts small rodents.
• This weasel weighs less than most other members of its family.
• Scientists studied the weasel population in the grassland.

Synonyme: least weasel, common weasel

Häufige Wendungen: least weasel, weasel population, weasel habitat