柯林斯詞典opossum /??p?s?m/ (opossums) 1. N-VAR An opossum is a small animal that lives in America and Australia. It carries its young in a pouch on its body, and has thick fur and a long hairless tail. 北美負(fù)鼠 返回 opossum劍橋詞典US informal (also possum) a small American marsupial that lives in trees and has thick fur , a long nose , and a tail without fur 負(fù)鼠 返回 opossum