A hamster is a small, round pet animal. It looks a bit like a mouse, but it has only a tiny tail, so you hardly see one, and it has fat cheeks.

A hamsterA hamster is a small, round pet animal是一種小小圓圓的寵物動物. It它 looks a bit like a mouse長得有點像老鼠, but但 it has only a tiny tail尾巴很小, so小到 you hardly see one你幾乎看不到, and而且 it has fat cheeks牠有胖胖的臉頰

Inside those cheeks are pouches: the hamster stuffs food in them and carries it home to hide. They are mostly awake at night, and they run in a wheel and hoard seeds in corners of the cage.

Inside those cheeks are pouches那些臉頰裡面有頰囊: the hamster stuffs food in them and carries it home to hide倉鼠會把食物塞進去帶回家藏起來. They牠們 are mostly awake at night大多在晚上活動, and而且 they run in a wheel會在滾輪裡跑 and也會 hoard seeds in corners of the cage把種子囤在籠子的角落

English borrowed the word from German Hamster. Before that, people sometimes called the animal a German rat, which is unkind and not quite right — it is not a rat.

English borrowed the word from German Hamster英文是從德文Hamster借來這個字的. Before that在那之前, people sometimes called the animal a German rat人們有時候把這種動物叫做German rat, which is unkind and not quite right這種說法不太友善也不太正確 — it is not a rat牠不是老鼠

In everyday English, hamster is the animal; a verb meaning “to hoard,” from the same German word, is rare in English.

In everyday English在日常英文裡, hamster is the animalhamster指的是這種動物; a verb meaning "to hoard," from the same German word從同一個德文字來、意思是「囤積」的動詞, is rare in English在英文裡很少見