挪威森林猫

挪威森林貓

nuówēisēnlínmāo

noun

Measure Word

一只挪威森林猫 zhī

Meanings

1 Norwegian Forest Cat (a long-haired cat breed native to Norway)

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Examples

挪威森林猫有浓密的双层被毛，能抵御严寒。

Nuówēi sēnlín māo yǒu nóngmì de shuāngcéng bèimáo, néng dǐyù yánhán.

The Norwegian Forest Cat has a dense double coat that withstands severe cold.

挪威森林猫体型健壮，性格温顺。

Nuówēi sēnlín māo tǐxíng jiànzhuàng, xìnggé wēnshùn.

The Norwegian Forest Cat is robust in build and gentle in temperament.

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culture

Known in Norwegian as skogkatt ('forest cat'), the breed appears in Norse folklore as the cats that pulled the goddess Freyja's chariot. Nearly wiped out in WWII, the breed was revived by dedicated breeders and declared Norway's official cat by King Olav V in the 1970s.

Stroke Order

挪 nuó

威 wēi

森 sēn

林 lín

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