The Iroquois will tell you that the otter was a medicine man; that in swimming and diving about he found corpses of men and women; he sang his medicine songs and they came to life, and the otter brought them fish for food until they were strong enough to provide for themselves. Then the Iroquois will conclude his tale with, "You know well that the otter has greater wisdom than a man."英文原著 · 《Legends of Vancouver》
Then was there a noise and a crying of names, and more than two names seemed to be cried out; but by far the greater part named either Otter of the Laxings, or Heriulf of the Wolfings. True it is that Otter was a very wise warrior, and well known to all the men of the Mark; yet so dear was Heriulf to them, that none would have named Otter had it not been mostly their custom not to choose both War- dukes from one House.英文原著 · 《The House of the Wolfings》
In the grey of the morning was Otter afoot with the watchers, and presently he got on his horse and peered over the plain, but the mist yet hung low on it, so that he might see nought for a while; but at last he seemed to note something coming toward the host from the upper water above the ford, so he rode forward to meet it, and lo, it was a lad of fifteen winters, naked save his breeches, and wet from the river; and Otter drew rein, and the lad said to him: "Art thou the Warduke?" "Yea," said Otter.英文原著 · 《The House of the Wolfings》
'Be not so downcast,' replied the otter; 'before noon to-morrow thou shalt behold thy wife. But eat and sleep and I will watch over thee.' So the king did as the otter bid him, and when the sun rose he woke and saw the otter lying on the bank.英文原著 · 《The Lilac Fairy Book》
'If the brown otter of the stream were only here, he would soon have that egg,' cried the king; and the next minute there was the brown otter, dripping with water, holding the egg in his mouth. But beside the brown otter, a huge shadow came stealing along-- the shadow of the giant.英文原著 · 《The Lilac Fairy Book》
"Old men that knowen the ground well enough call it the Battle of Otterburn. At Otterburn began this spurn upon a Monenday; There was the doughty Douglas slain, the Percy never went away."英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
I've learned how to harness my strength and my resolve, make them work for me, much the way your Bristol watermills harnessed the power of your beautiful Otter Creek and the mighty Delaware river years ago.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
Adventure? We are throwing dog tags into an already polluted ocean where they will probably choke an otter.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
You've got your broadway gays, your gym gays, your twinks, your bears, your otters, your "Hey, girl" Gays.美剧 · 《Modern Family》