hound: [OE] Until superseded around the 16th century by dog, hound was the main English word for ‘dog’ (and indeed its relatives in the other Germanic languages remain so – German, Swedish, and Danish hund, for instance, and Dutch hond). It goes back ultimately to Indo- European *kuntos, a derivative of the base which also produced Greek kúōn ‘dog’ (source of English cynic and, according to some etymologists, quinsy), Latin canis ‘dog’ (whence French chien and Italian cane, not to mention English canine, canary, chenille, and kennel), Welsh ci ‘dog’ (as in corgi [20], literally ‘dwarf dog’), and Russian sobaka ‘dog’.
Since the 16th century, English hound has been used largely for ‘hunting dog’. => canary, canine, chenille, cynic, kennel, quinsy
hound (n.)
Old English hund "dog," from Proto-Germanic *hundas (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian hund, Old High German hunt, German Hund, Old Norse hundr, Gothic hunds), from PIE *kuntos, dental enlargement of root *kwon- "dog" (see canine). Meaning narrowed 12c. to "dog used for hunting."
hound (v.)
"hunt with hounds," 1520s, from hound (v.). Sense of "pursue relentlessly" is first recorded c. 1600. Related: Hounded; hounding.
雙語例句
1. The police have promised to hound down those responsible for the explosion.
警方已保證要追查此次爆炸事件有責任的人員.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The hound found the trail of the rabbit.
獵狗發(fā)現(xiàn)了兔子的蹤跡.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked.
鞭子一響,獵狗發(fā)出一陣嗥叫.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The hound coursed the rabbits.
獵犬追趕兔子.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. He was captured by the hound tracing the scent he left over along the path he had followed.