動物名稱名詞常轉類為動詞,其含義之一是“捕捉”(hunt and catch).如：
They fished all day in the river．
The dogs went ratting．
然而,動物世界,形象紛繁,其性情又千差萬別.動物名稱的名詞用作動詞,或取“形似”,或取“神似”,或“形神皆似”,含義豐采多姿,形象逼真,幽默多趣.現擇其要者介紹于下：
1.dog：跟蹤,尾隨
Whenever I go,my little brother dogs my footsteps．
無論我上哪兒,我的總是尾隨著我.
2．monkey：耍弄,
Don’t monkey with my television．
別亂動我的電視機.
3．snake：蜿蜒而行；拖拉(地上某物)
Since the train was snaking along at a brisk clip,the diner
swayed from side to side．
列車開始彎彎曲曲地急速前行之后,餐車便開始左右搖晃起來.
4．wolf：狼吞虎咽
The starving man wolfed down the food.
餓漢狼吞虎咽地吃完了食物.
5．fish：取出(某物)；捕撈
He fished out a coin for the boy．
他取出了一塊硬幣給這男孩.
6.crane：伸長脖子看
Jack craned to see the coins in the well．
杰克伸長了脖子看水井中的硬幣.
7.ape：模仿,仿效
Do not ape your betters．
不要效顰.
8．badger(獾)：糾纏,纏住
If you badger him long enough,I’m sure he’ll agree．
如果你老是纏住他,他就會同意了.
9．pig：(在骯臟處)擠、睡在一塊兒
The hotels were all full so we had to pig it in an old hut for the night．
旅館都客滿了,我們只得在舊棚子里對付它一夜.
10．chicken：退縮,害怕
All the boys ran to put out the fire,but Mike chickened out．
男孩都跑去救火,邁克卻退縮了.
11．parrot：鸚鵡學舌般地復述
On the whole,the students seemed serious and hard-working,but they
confined themselves to parroting textbooks.
總的來說,學生看來認真又用功,但是他們只是死背教科書.
12．beetle：(像甲蟲一樣)匆忙行走
After work we all beetled off for a drink．
下班之后,我們都匆匆忙忙去喝點什么.
13．bug：暗設器；煩惱,折磨
The spy bugged enemy headquarters． ．
間諜在敵軍司令部暗設了器.
14．worm：(蟲一般)慢慢爬行；慢慢鉆營
The soldier wormed his way toward the enemy’s lines．
士兵慢慢向敵人的防線爬去.
15．fox：行騙
To his mind everybody was dodging and foxing．
在他看來,人人都在搞鬼和行騙.

關于德語單詞的多個復數形式