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单词 hound
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Forgive me for not wanting to take style tips from a man who looks like an Afghan hound with its head out of a car window.Forgive me for not wanting to take style tips from a man who looks like an Afghanhound with its head out of a car window.Many supported the repeal of the ban on hunting with hounds.He would be branded a liar and hounded out of office.She was fined heavily and spent her remaining years being hounded from place to place.Lose and the hounds of hell might be unleashed.Meanwhile the fugitive couple were hounded by press photographers.What is it like playing opposite the old hound?Will the hounds awaken and chase another beast?But he has become invisible since being hounded out of office two years ago.It is mostly about press and being hounded.This is a wonderful anthology of writing about cats and dogs by young pups and old hounds. Hunting with hounds still takes place.He was a publicity hound who liked to befriend Hollywood stars.His behaviour seems instinctive, with no more reasoning than that of a hound coursing a hare.But having done so, should he be hounded from office?A hound of hell bursting from a banqueting table?Our dog lost and hound.Admittedly she is an Afghan hound.I can't tell you the joy these hounds constantly bring me.He appears to dispute that, but he won't deny that he is a shameless publicity hound.

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hound

British English: hound NOUN
A hound is a type of dog that is often used for hunting or racing.
His chief interest in life is hunting with hounds.
  • American English: hound
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cão de caça
  • Chinese: 猎犬
  • European Spanish: perro de caza
  • French: chien de chasse
  • German: Jagdhund
  • Italian: segugio
  • Japanese: 猟犬
  • Korean: 사냥개
  • European Portuguese: cão de caça
  • Latin American Spanish: perro de caza
British English: hound VERB
If someone hounds you, they constantly disturb or speak to you in an annoying or upsetting way.
Newcomers are constantly hounding them for advice.
  • American English: hound
  • Brazilian Portuguese: importunar
  • Chinese: 猎犬
  • European Spanish: acosar
  • French: harceler
  • German: hetzen
  • Italian: perseguitare
  • Japanese: しつこく追い回す
  • Korean: 따라다니며 괴롭히다
  • European Portuguese: importunar
  • Latin American Spanish: acosar

All related terms of 'hound'

Chinese translation of 'hound'

hound

(haund)

n (c)

  1. (= dog) 猎(獵)狗 (liègǒu) (条(條), tiáo)

vt

  1. (= harass, persecute) 不断(斷)烦(煩)扰(擾) (bùduàn fánrǎo)
(noun) 
Definition
a dog used for hunting
my faithful old hound, Bluey
Synonyms
dog
Outside a dog was barking.
pooch (informal)
mutt (informal)
He was being harassed by a large, off-the-leash mutt.
cur
He called my dog a mangy cur.
(verb) 
Definition
to pursue, disturb, or criticize relentlessly
hounded by the press
Synonyms
harass
a celebrity routinely harassed by the paparazzi
harry
He would exploit and harry his workers.
bother
I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.
provoke
I didn't want to do anything to provoke him.
annoy
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
torment
My older brother used to torment me by singing it to me.
hassle (informal)
The children started hassling me as soon as I sat down.
prod
badger
She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him.
persecute
He described his manager as constantly persecuting him.
pester
He's always hanging round and pestering me.
goad
Charles was forever trying to goad her into losing her temper.
keep after
pursue
She pursued the man who had stolen her bag.
(verb) 
Definition
to pursue, disturb, or criticize relentlessly
hounded out of office
Synonyms
force
They forced him to work round-the-clock.
drive
Curiosity drove me to probe into what they worked on together.
pressure
He claimed the police pressured him to change his testimony.
push
They pushed him into the car.
chase
Some farmers chase you off their land quite aggressively.
railroad (informal)
propel
The rocket is designed to propel the spacecraft.
impel
I felt impelled to go on speaking.
pressurize
He thought she was trying to pressurize him into agreeing.

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of annoy
Definition
to irritate or displease
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
Synonyms
irritate,
trouble,
bore,
anger,
harry,
bother,
disturb,
provoke,
get (informal),
bug (informal),
needle (informal),
plague,
tease,
harass,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
badger,
gall,
madden,
ruffle,
exasperate,
nettle,
molest,
pester,
vex,
displease,
irk,
bedevil,
rile,
peeve,
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
get up your nose (informal),
give someone grief (British, South Africa),
make your blood boil,
piss you off (taboo, slang),
rub someone up the wrong way (informal),
get your goat (slang),
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (British, slang),
get your dander up (informal),
get your back up,
incommode (formal),
put your back up,
hack you off (informal),
be on your back (slang)
in the sense of badger
Definition
to pester or harass
She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him.
Synonyms
pester,
worry,
harry,
bother,
bug (informal),
bully,
plague,
hound,
get at,
harass,
nag,
hassle (informal),
chivvy,
importune (formal),
bend someone's ear (informal),
be on someone's back (slang)
in the sense of bother
Definition
to trouble (a person) by repeatedly disturbing
I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.
Synonyms
pester,
plague,
irritate,
put out,
harass,
nag,
hassle (informal),
inconvenience,
molest,
breathe down someone's neck,
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
bend someone's ear (informal),
give someone grief (British, South Africa),
get on your wick (British, slang)

Synonyms of 'hound'

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