possum的中文意思是負鼠。
possum例句：
1、When I startled him, the cats watched him leave, and by golly, they finally figured out the cat door. Thank you, Mr.?Possum. Your work here is done.
在我嚇唬他時，貓咪們看著他離開了，天啊，他們終於會使用這個貓門了。謝謝妳，負鼠先生。妳的任務已完成。
2、I got up to check, and there was a large?possum?by the cat bowl—he had come into the house through the cat door.
我起身去查看，發現貓碗旁邊有壹只大負鼠他通過貓門進到了家中。
3、Everyone thought the old con man must have died , but it turned out he was just playing?possum.
大家都以為那個老騙子已經死了，原來他是在裝死。
4、I know you were only playing?possum.
我知道妳當時只不過是裝傻而已。
possess的用法：
1、possum是負鼠，是壹種比較原始的有袋類動物，主要產自拉丁美洲，只有壹種（北美負鼠）分布在美國和加拿大。
2、在英語環境中，負鼠opossum和澳洲的袋貂possum相似，因此澳洲的華人廣泛將袋貂稱呼為負鼠。但此用法屬於誤用，澳洲負鼠，詳見袋貂—詞。
3、possess的基本意思是占有，擁有指人或物具有某種品質、性質、能力或特征。後可接有形的東西，也可接特點、能力、氣質等抽象名詞作賓語，總之，表示擁有好的東西。
4、還可引申表示受到某種感情支配，possess是及物動詞，接名詞或代詞作賓語，也可接以動詞不定式充當補足語的復合賓語。