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hound noun /haʊnd/ /haʊnd/ - a dog that can run fast and has a good sense of smell, used for hunting猎犬；猎狗
- The hounds picked up the scent of the fox.猎狗嗅到了那只狐狸的气味。
- In drag hunting, hounds chase an artificial scent.在追猎训练中，猎狗追踪的是一种人工臭迹。
- We could hear the hounds barking at the fox.我们可以听到猎狗正对着狐狸汪汪叫。
see also Afghan hound, bloodhound, foxhound, greyhound, wolfhoundTopics Animalsc2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of houndshound + verb- bark
- bay
- pick up the scent
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phrases 词源Old English hund (in the general sense ‘dog’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hond and German Hund, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kuōn, kun- ‘dog’.
hound verb /haʊnd/ /haʊnd/ Phrasal Verbs- hound somebody to keep following somebody and not leave them alone, especially in order to get something from them or ask them questions追踪；追逐；纠缠 synonym harass
- They were hounded day and night by the press.他们日夜遭到新闻界的跟踪。
- The travellers say the police are hounding them.旅行者说警察正在追捕他们。
- His family accused the media of hounding him to death.他的家人指责媒体将他逼死。
- She was continually hounded by her fans.她不断受到粉丝的追逐。
- I'm constantly being hounded for autographs.我经常被人追着要签名。
- The star claims he is being hounded by an obsessed fan.这位明星声称他正被一位痴迷的粉丝追逐。
词源Old English hund (in the general sense ‘dog’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hond and German Hund, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kuōn, kun- ‘dog’.
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