rabbit

Kaninchen

Ein kleines Tier mit langen Ohren, weichem Fell und kurzem Schwanz, das sich hüpfend fortbewegt.

In einfachem Englisch: A small animal with long ears, soft fur, and a short tail that moves by jumping.

• Our rabbit has white fur.
• Two rabbits were eating grass in the garden.
• Did you feed the rabbit this morning?

Synonyme: bunny

Häufige Wendungen: pet rabbit, wild rabbit, rabbit hole, feed a rabbit

Kaninchenfleisch

Fleisch vom Kaninchen, das als Nahrung gegessen wird.

In einfachem Englisch: Meat from a small, long-eared animal, eaten as food.

• We had rabbit for dinner.
• She cooked rabbit with onions and wine.
• The restaurant serves a rich rabbit stew.

Häufige Wendungen: rabbit stew, roast rabbit, braised rabbit, cook rabbit

Tempomacher, Schrittmacher

Ein Läufer, der im Rennen das Tempo vorgibt, um andere zu unterstützen oder herauszufordern.

In einfachem Englisch: A runner who sets the speed in a race to help or challenge other runners.

• The rabbit led the first lap.
• They hired a rabbit to help the runner break the record.
• The rabbit dropped out after setting a fast pace.

Synonyme: pacemaker, pacer

Häufige Wendungen: race rabbit, rabbit sets pace, use a rabbit

quasseln, schwatzen

Unaufhörlich und auf lästige Weise reden, oft über unwichtige Dinge.

In einfachem Englisch: To keep talking in an annoying way, often about things that do not matter.

• Please stop rabbiting on.
• She rabbited about her neighbours for an hour.
• He kept rabbiting while I tried to read.

So benutzt man es: rabbit on about something (He rabbited on about his new phone all evening.)

Synonyme: babble, chatter, prattle

Häufige Wendungen: rabbit on, rabbit about something, rabbit on about something

fliehen, wegrennen

Schnell davonlaufen, meist aus Angst oder um zu entkommen.

In einfachem Englisch: To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid or want to escape.

• He looked ready to rabbit.
• The thief rabbited when he saw the police.
• She rabbited out of the room before anyone could stop her.

So benutzt man es: rabbit from someone/something (The suspect tried to rabbit from the police.)

Synonyme: flee, bolt, run away

Gegenteile: stay

Häufige Wendungen: rabbit away, rabbit from someone