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单词 sool
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Definition of sool in English:

sool

verb suːl
[with object]Australian, NZ
  • 1(of a dog) attack or worry (an animal)

    〈主澳/新西兰〉(狗)攻击(或撕咬)(动物)

    a pair of these birds will sometimes sool a hare
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They saw one of our cats sunning herself on the front fence, and thought it would be funny to sool the dog onto the cat.
    1. 1.1 Urge or goad (someone) into doing something.
      敦促;力劝;唆使
      you're always trying to sool me into thinking this or that
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Such people, the powerless, are easy prey, for those who stalk the political landscape, searching for scapegoats onto whom the angry and disenfranchised, whether socially or economically, can be sooled, as we say where I come from.
      • I do not think Justice Barrett is going to proceed in the light of these orders, even if Mr Gageler is sooling him on.

Derivatives

  • sooler

  • noun
    NZ, Australian
    • Never heard of anyone being called a sooler before but the sense of someone on the attack sounds right.

Origin

Late 19th century: variant of dialect sowl 'seize by the ears', of unknown origin.

Rhymes

Banjul, befool, Boole, boule, boules, boulle, cagoule, cool, drool, fool, ghoul, Joule, mewl, misrule, mule, O'Toole, pool, Poole, pul, pule, Raoul, rule, school, shul, spool, Stamboul, stool, Thule, tomfool, tulle, you'll, yule
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