guinea pig
/ˈɡɪni pɪɡ/noun
उच्चारण गिनी पिग
गिनी पिग (एक छोटा पालतू कृंतक जीव)
Core word
noun
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[C]
a small animal with short ears and no tail, often kept as a pet
गिनी पिग (एक छोटा पालतू कृंतक जीव)
- The children keep two guinea pigs in a cage.
- Our daughter feeds her guinea pig lettuce every evening.
- The guinea pig ran squeaking around its cage.
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- She feeds the guinea pig carrots and cabbage.
- A guinea pig is a gentle pet for young children.
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[C]
a person used in medical or other experiments, or a person on whom a new idea or method is tested
प्रयोग का साधन बनाया गया व्यक्ति, परीक्षण-पात्र
- Our class was the guinea pig for the new syllabus.
- Volunteers acted as guinea pigs for the vaccine trial.
- I felt like a guinea pig when the school tried a new timetable on us.
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- Patients agreed to be guinea pigs for the new treatment.
- The town was used as a guinea pig for the scheme before it went nationwide.
¶Idioms 1
be a guinea pig
to be used to test a new product, method or treatment before it is used generally
किसी नए तरीके या दवा के परीक्षण का माध्यम बनना
- I don't want to be a guinea pig for their new teaching app.
- The first batch of students were guinea pigs for the online exam.
§Grammar and usage
Usage: in exams, guinea pig in the second sense means a person used for experiments, not the animal.
Usage में परीक्षाओं में guinea pig का दूसरा अर्थ आता है, यानी प्रयोग के लिए इस्तेमाल किया गया व्यक्ति, न कि वह जानवर।