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词汇 foxhound
释义 foxhound
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈfɒks.haʊnd/ us /ˈfɑːks.haʊnd/
a type of dog with ears that hang down and short, smooth fur that is usually black, white, and light brown猎狐犬
 
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English setter
English springer spaniel
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fox terrier
Pekinese
Pembroke Welsh corgi
Perro de Presa Canario
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Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
Slovenský Kopov
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Small Münsterländer
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Examples from literature

His right hand is as delicate an organ as a foxhound's nose. 
Off in the woods a mile away sounded the deep, mellow tones of two foxhounds. 
Six foxhounds burst out at once upon the little heath, with a cry resembling the noise of a triumph. 
The baying of hounds, as if in 'full cry,' sounded closer and closer, and suddenly, out of the shadow of some trees, a number of foxhounds, running at full speed, appeared in the clear light of the moon. 
When we descended I followed Holmes into the stable yard, where he opened the door of a loose-box and led out a squat, lop-eared, white-and-tan dog, something between a beagle and a foxhound. 

Examples of foxhound


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It is true that a master of foxhounds is supposed to be able to stop his hounds running riot.
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For every pack of drag hounds throughout the country, there are about eight packs of foxhounds.
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Why do foxhounds and beagles need that winding-up period, but not the sport of coursing?
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A master of foxhounds has an interest in foxes and wants to keep the stock up.
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Blocking, which is the major cause of disturbance, is carried out mainly by foxhounds, terrier men and farmers.
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Such foxhounds are not used in any sporting sense but purely to control foxes.
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I suspect that the masters of foxhounds may not be aware how, in certain rural areas, people seek to supplement their relatively low incomes.
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I myself know just how adequate a vehicle an aeroplane is for transporting foxhounds.
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You might as well ask a master of foxhounds to run a girls' school.
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I can give him one assurance straight away: there is no threat by way of electrocution of foxhounds from the introduction of the telemetric system.
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Nobody bothers when foxhounds go through a country town and hold up the traffic, least of all their lordships.
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There is no logic in the argument that all foxhounds would be put down if hunting were banned.
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I would not suggest for one moment that foxhounds, however diverted, injure people directly.
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The amendment would not apply only to foxhounds.
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I am advised that the presence of foxhounds on railway track is most unlikely to involve any danger to trains or their passengers.
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