| 单词 | hound dog |
| 释义 | hound dog (once / 69119 pages) n WORD FAMILY hound dog: hound dogs USAGE EXAMPLESBackyards substituted for Peruvian jungles, Mississippi flatlands for Egyptian deserts, and a hound dog for a monkey. New York Times(Jun 08, 2016) The Transportation Security Administration is like the hound dog of song: “Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit, and you ain’t no friend of mine.” Washington Post(Jun 02, 2016) At around 2 p.m. on Easter Sunday, the family’s two hound dogs, which have been trained to hunt, found mountain lion tracks. Washington Times(Apr 11, 2016) n any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears Syn|Hypo|Hyper hound Afghan, Afghan hound tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East basset, basset houndsmooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears beaglea small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound bloodhound, sleuthhounda breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking blueticka very fast American hound; white mottled with bluish grey boarhoundlarge hound used in hunting wild boars coonhoundany of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons foxhoundmedium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes harriera hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits Plott hounda brindle-coated American hound used in hunting bears and wild boars redbonea speedy red or red-and-tan American hound wolfhoundthe largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves greyhounda tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog Ibizan Podenco, Ibizan houndbreed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands; said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt Norwegian elkhound, elkhoundbreed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk otter hound, otterhoundhardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters Saluki, gazelle houndold breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds; from Egypt and southwestern Asia Scottish deerhound, deerhoundvery large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland staghounda large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound Weimaranerlarge breed of hound having a smooth greyish coat; originated in Germany coondogany dog trained to hunt raccoons black-and-tan coonhoundAmerican breed of large powerful hound dogs used for hunting raccoons and other game American foxhoundan American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually Walker foxhound, Walker houndan American breed of foxhound English foxhoundan English breed slightly larger than the American foxhounds originally used to hunt in packs Russian wolfhound, borzoitall fast-moving dog breed Irish wolfhoundlarge breed of hound with a rough thick coat Italian greyhounda toy dog developed from the greyhound whippetsmall slender dog of greyhound type developed in England hunting dog a dog used in hunting game |
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