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单词 hounding
释义

hound1 /hownd/

noun
  1. A dog (informal)
  2. A dog of a kind used in hunting
  3. A pursuer in a paper chase
  4. A contemptible scoundrel
  5. A hunter, tracker or assiduous seeker of anything
  6. An addict or devotee (often as combining form)
transitive verb
  1. To set on in chase
  2. To drive by harassing
  3. To harass
ORIGIN: OE hund; Gr kyōn, kynos, L canis, Sans sva

houndˈfish noun

A dogfish

houndsˈ-berry noun

Dogwood

houndsˈ-foot noun (Ger Hundsfott, -futt dog's vulva; obsolete)

A scoundrel

adjective (Walter Scott)

Scoundrelly

hound'sˈ-tongue noun

A plant (genus Cynoglossum) of the borage family (from its leaf)

hound'sˈ-tooth noun

A textile pattern of broken checks (also adjective)

houndˈ-trailing noun

Speed competition between hounds trained to follow an aniseed trail

Gabriel (or Gabriel's) hounds (informal)

The yelping noise made by flights of wild geese, ascribed to damned souls whipped on by the angel Gabriel

master of hounds

The person responsible for looking after a pack of hunting hounds, associated hunting equipment, etc

ride to hounds

To hunt foxes (on horseback)

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