beagle

B2 FREQ #22437

n. 长耳短腿小猎犬, 间谍, 密探 [法] 侦探, 间谍, 执行官

发音

其它 /ˈbiːɡəl/

词形变化

beagles 复数 beagles beagled beagles 三单 beagling beagling 现在分词 beagled 过去式 beagled 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.

    猎兔犬

  2. 2.

    A person who snoops on others; a detective.

  3. 3.

    A bailiff.

  4. 4.

    A small kind of shark.

v.
  1. 1.

    To hunt with beagles.

  2. 2.

    To search.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

hound hound dog

相关短语

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词源

Inherited from Middle English *begel (attested in the plural begles), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle French beegueule (“one who keeps their mouth open”), whence modern French bégueule (“a colloquial insult said to women of low status and accused of stupidity, who always have their mouths gaped or open; a prude”); from Old French beer, bayer (“to gape, gawk”) + Old French gueule (“gullet”). The modern French bigle (“beagle”) however is a borrowing from the English. Alternatively, a modification of Middle English bedel (“beadle”) in the sense of "constable, detective". The change of /t/, /d/ to /k/, /ɡ/ before /l/ is common; compare hurkle, variant of hurtelen (“to hurtle”), and in Modern English, huckleberry, turkle (“turtle”), and stickle.

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