| 单词 | hare and hounds |
| 释义 | > as lemmashare and hounds hare and hounds n. literal and figurative = paperchase n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > hare and hounds hunt the foxa1600 hunt the hare1762 fox and hounds1821 hare and hounds1839 fox-chase1856 paperchase1856 paper hunt1871 1839 T. Hood Ode to Mr. Malthus in Hood's Own 266 You're quite enough to play at hare and hounds. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. vii. 171 Please, sir, we've been out Big-side Hare-and-hounds, and lost our way. 1920 T. S. Eliot Sacred Wood 11 Coleridge is apt to take leave of the data of criticism, and arouse the suspicion that he has been diverted into a metaphysical hare-and-hounds. 1938 E. Partridge World of Words ix. 261 Well worth the hare-and-hound chase through the dictionary. 1963 Daily Tel. 5 Feb. 20/6 Throughout his speech he was constantly heckled and interrupted, but the scene cannot be described as ‘Hare and hounds’. < as lemmas |
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