| 单词 | to run mute |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run mute 7. Hunting. Of a hound: that does not bark on the hunt; not giving tongue while on the chase. to run mute: to run with the chase silently; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [adjective] > (not) making sound mute1677 yearning1706 opening1810 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [verb (intransitive)] > hunt in particular way to give the hare a turn1575 to run mute1677 flemish1857 1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 17 When Hounds or Beagles run long without opening or making any cry, we say, they run Mute. 1778 Sportsman's Dict. (at cited word) Hounds or beagles are said to run mute, when they course along without opening or making any cry. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. v. 101 A short sharp chirp is borne on the breeze; it is Heroine all but running mute. 1855 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports iv. 119 ‘Babbling’, ‘mute running’, and ‘skirting’, are dependent upon a defect in breeding. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 582 Mute, silent, the hounds going too fast to speak. Some hounds are naturally mute. 1977 J. N. P. Watson Bk. of Foxhunting viii. 100 Some hounds are running mute..and, as the hounds that were mute catch the scent, they join in the chorus, and those that temporarily lose it go mute. 1999 Daily Tel. 17 July (Weekend Suppl.) 12 A hound is mute if it hunts silently. < as lemmas |
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