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- a fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having very long hind legs and typically found in grassland or open woodland野兔。
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- Lepus and other genera, family Leporidae: several species.兔属及其他属, 兔科： 数种。
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- （亦作electric hare）a dummy hare propelled around the track in greyhound racing（跑狗比赛中的用电力驱动在跑道上奔跑的）电兔。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- run with great speed快速奔跑, 飞奔：
he hared off between the trees.
他从树间飞奔而去。
短语
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- Brit. try to remain on good terms with both sides in a conflict or dispute〈英〉与冲突双方都保持良好关系; 两面讨好。
start a hare
- Brit. dated raise a topic of conversation〈英, 旧〉提出话题。
词源
Old English hara, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch haas and German Hase.