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A strong, fierce wild animal that looks a bit like a small bear or a large weasel, with thick brown-black fur. It lives in cold northern forests in places like Canada, Alaska, and northern Europe, and is known for being tough and aggressive for its size. Many students may also know the name from the Marvel superhero, who was named after this real animal.
狼獾（一種生活在寒帶森林的動物）；也是漫威英雄「金鋼狼」的英文名。
組成The name is related to "wolf," even though the animal is not actually a type of wolf - probably because both were seen as fierce forest predators.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Wolverinenoun
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A native or resident of the American state of Michigan.
- [The term "Sucker" is] The cognomen of the Illinoians, answering to the Buckeye of Ohio, the Wolverine of Michigan, the Corn-cracker of Kentucky, &c.
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Someone associated with the University of Michigan, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan.
wolverinenoun/ˈwʊlvəˌɹiːn/
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A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.
- “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。