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单词 hounds
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(the) hounds
a. spec. A dog kept or used for the chase, usually one hunting by scent. Now esp. applied to a foxhound; also to a harrier; (the) hounds: a pack of foxhounds. to ride to hounds (also to follow the hounds): to follow on horseback the hounds in the chase. to hold with the hare and run with the hounds, etc.: see hare n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (intransitive)] > on horseback
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c1200 Vices & Virtues 69 Hundes and hauekes, and alle ðo þing ðe ȝeu hier gladien mai.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 687 Þe hund ne harmed noght þe hare.
a1440 Sir Degrev. 233 He uncouplede his houndus.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Oiiiv A kenel of houndes folowyng their game.
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 40 Hunde..signifieth such a dogge onely as serueth to hunt.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. i. 59 Another tell him of his Hounds and Horse. View more context for this quotation
1686 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 3) v. i. 2 Without its Assistance in Dieting and Exercise, no Horse can follow the Hounds,..,without hazarding.
c1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c2 Aug. (1965) I. 50 The morning [is] spent among Hounds.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 259 I was as ravenous as a Hound.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 11 Nov. 249 Another..follows his hounds over hedges and through rivers.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xvii. 65 They all..ride to hounds.
1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xvi It was time to follow the hounds.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 330/1 The Dalmatian Dog is a remarkably handsome breed, apparently intermediate between hound and pointer.
1881 W. Black Sunrise xxi He would like to have a good looking wife..to go riding to hounds with him.
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