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单词 kennel
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ken•nel1 /ˈkɛnəl/USA pronunciation   n., v., -neled, -nel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -nelled, -nel•ling. 
n. [countable]
  1. a small house for a dog.
  2. Often, kennels. [plural] a business or establishment where dogs or cats are bred, trained, or kept for a fee.

v. [+ object]
  1. to put or keep in or as if in a kennel.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ken•nel1  (kenl),USA pronunciation n., v., -neled, -nel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -nelled, -nel•ling. 
n. 
  1. a house or shelter for a dog or a cat.
  2. Often, kennels. an establishment where dogs or cats are bred, raised, trained, or boarded.
  3. the hole or lair of an animal, esp. a fox.
  4. a wretched abode likened to a doghouse.
  5. a pack of dogs.

v.t. 
  1. to put into or keep in a kennel:to kennel a dog for a week.

v.i. 
  1. to take shelter or lodge in a kennel.
  • Vulgar Latin *canīle (Latin can(is) dog + -īle suffix of place)
  • Anglo-French *kenil (French chenil)
  • Middle English kenel 1300–50

ken•nel2  (kenl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an open drain or sewer;
    gutter.
  • variant of cannel, Middle English canel channel1 1575–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kennel /ˈkɛnəl/ n
  1. a hutlike shelter for a dog
    US name: doghouse
  2. (usually plural) an establishment where dogs are bred, trained, boarded, etc
  3. a ramshackle house; hovel
  4. a pack of hounds
vb ( -nels, -nelling, -nelled) ( US -nels, -neling, -neled)
  1. to put or go into a kennel; keep or stay in a kennel
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin canīle (unattested), from Latin canis dog
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