guinea pig

kobay, ginepig

Kısa bacaklı, yuvarlak kulaklı, kuyruksuz ve sıklıkla evde beslenen küçük bir hayvan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A small animal with short legs, rounded ears, and no tail, often kept as a pet.

• Our guinea pig loves carrots.
• She cleaned the guinea pig’s cage.
• Do guinea pigs need fresh hay every day?

Eş anlamlılar: cavy

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: pet guinea pig, guinea pig cage, feed a guinea pig

denek, kobay

Yeni bir şeyin etkisini görmek için üzerinde deneme yapılan insan veya hayvan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A person or animal used to test something new and see what happens.

• I was her guinea pig for a new recipe.
• The volunteers became guinea pigs in a medical trial.
• Would you be a guinea pig for our new software?

Nasıl kullanılır: guinea pig for something (I was the guinea pig for her new recipe.); use someone as a guinea pig (They used volunteers as guinea pigs.)

Eş anlamlılar: test subject, experimental subject

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: human guinea pig, a willing guinea pig, guinea pig for something