possum的中文意思是负鼠。
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.
在我吓唬他时，猫咪们看着他离开了，天啊，他们终于会使用这个猫门了。谢谢你，负鼠先生。你的任务已完成。
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，发现猫碗旁边有一只大负鼠他通过猫门进到了家中。
3、Everyone thought the old con man must have died , but it turned out he was just playing possum.
大家都以为那个老骗子已经死了，原来他是在装死。
4、I know you were only playing possum.
我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已。
possess的用法：
1、possum是负鼠，是一种比较原始的有袋类动物，主要产自拉丁美洲，只有一种（北美负鼠）分布在美国和加拿大。
2、在英语环境中，负鼠opossum和澳洲的袋貂possum相似，因此澳洲的华人广泛将袋貂称呼为负鼠。但此用法属于误用，澳洲负鼠，详见袋貂—词。
3、possess的基本意思是占有，拥有指人或物具有某种品质、性质、能力或特征。后可接有形的东西，也可接特点、能力、气质等抽象名词作宾语，总之，表示拥有好的东西。
4、还可引申表示受到某种感情支配，possess是及物动词，接名词或代词作宾语，也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。