🇬🇧🇨🇳 ferret - 雪貂 : English Lesson

Meaning of "ferret" ("雪貂"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A ferret is a small, long, and skinny furry animal with a pointy nose, bright curious eyes, and short legs. Ferrets love to explore, wiggle into tiny spaces, and sniff everything, kind of like a playful, stretchy, furry hot dog with feet.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Mom screamed when she opened the cereal box and a ferret popped out wearing a cornflake hat.

I dropped a crayon, and the ferret grabbed it and ran off to start his own art museum under the couch.

Our ferret tried to help with chores by stealing all the dust bunnies and adopting them as his fluffy army.

The ferret climbed into my backpack, so I almost took a very wiggly pencil case to school.

When the music started, the ferret did a wobbly dance that looked like a spaghetti noodle learning karate.

A boy spots a small ferret in the garden, its long, furry body slipping under leaves. The ferret’s pointy nose finds a buried toy. A curious dog chases the ferret, but the ferret darts under a chair, drops the toy, and sneaks into a lap. The family laughs as the ferret curls up, safe.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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