- [countable]
a small animal with soft fur, long ears and a short tail. Rabbits live in holes in the ground or are kept as pets or for food. 兔 
a rabbit hutch 兔笼
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsa2A frightened rabbit will bolt for its hole. 受惊吓的野兔会迅速窜向它的窝。 Rabbits breed very fast. 兔子繁殖很快。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + rabbit- catch
- chase
- hunt
- …
- hop
- jump
- breed
- …
- fur
- skin
- hole
- …
- [uncountable]
meat from a rabbit 兔肉
Word Originlate Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe).
Idioms
breed like rabbits
- (informal)
to have a lot of babies in a short space of time 像兔子一样繁殖： 在短时间内有很多婴儿These rodents breed like rabbits. 这些啮齿动物像兔子一样繁殖。
pull something/a rabbit out of the hat
- (informal)
to suddenly produce something as a solution to a problem 突然提出解决方法；突施妙计