/'ɜ:mɪn; `ɝmɪn/
n
1 [C] (pl unchanged or ~s 复数或不变或作ermines) small animal of the weasel family whose fur is brown in summer and white in winter 貂; 扫雪鼬. Cf 参看 ferret, stoat, weasel.
2 [U] its white winter fur, esp as used to trim the robes of judges, etc 白色貂皮（尤用于制法官等的长袍的饰边）
*a gown trimmed with ermine 饰以貂皮的长袍
* [attrib 作定语] ermine robes 白色貂皮袍.

n
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin: , perhaps from Medieval Latin mus Armenius 'Armenian mouse']
[U]
an expensive white fur, used especially for the formal clothes of judges, kings, and queens
[C]
a small animal whose fur is white in winter