| 释义 |
foil1/fɔil/ v. & n.●v. tr. 1 frustrate, baffle, defeat 使受挫折；挫败；阻挠；击败 2 Hunting 【狩猎】a run over or cross (ground or a scent) to confuse the hounds 跑过(或越过) (地面或臭迹)以迷惑猎狗 b (absol. [含宾]) (of an animal) spoil the scent in this way (动物)破坏臭迹 ●n. 1 Hunting the track of a hunted animal 【狩猎】猎兽的足迹 2 archaic a repulse or defeat [古义]击退，挫败 [Middle English, = trample down, perhaps from Old French fouler ‘to full cloth, trample’, ultimately from Latin fullo FULLER1] |