lemming

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  1. A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.
  2. (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

Bản dịch

lemming

lemmo

leming

lemming

bergmuis

Lemingue

Lêmingue

lemmini

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/lɛm.ɪŋ/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek. Sense 2 derives from a longstanding myth that they exhibit so much herd mentality that populations jump off cliffs to their deaths together.

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