hound
n. 猎犬 vt. 带猎犬狩猎, 追捕, 激励, 使追逐
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教材释义与例句
追猎；烦扰；激励
释义与例句
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A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
猎犬
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Any canine animal.
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Someone who seeks something.
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A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
引申义"She had a good many successors, John." "You are such a hound, in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied."
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A despicable person.
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A houndfish.
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Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
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A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
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To persistently harass doggedly.
及物He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.
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To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.
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Etymology tree Old English hund Middle English hound English hound From Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from pre-Germanic *ḱuntós (compare Latvian sùnt-ene (“big dog”), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Doublet of canine. In 14th-century England, hound was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog. By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting.
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