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- a dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent猎狗。
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- with modifier a person keen in pursuit of something逐猎者, 热心追逐者：
he has a reputation as a publicity hound.
他以热衷于追求公众注意而闻名。
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- a pursuing runner in the game of hare and hounds（犬兔追逐游戏中的）追赶者。
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- informal, dated a despicable or contemptible man〈非正式, 旧〉卑鄙的人。
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- used in names of dogfishes, e.g. nurse hound, smooth hound.用于角鲨鱼的名称中, 如nurse hound, smooth hound.
with obj.
1- harass or persecute (someone) relentlessly无情（或不断）地烦扰（或迫害）（人）：
she was hounded by the Italian press
她受到意大利新闻界的不断烦扰
his opponents used the allegations to hound him out of office.
他的对手用那些指控逼他离职。
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- pursue relentlessly紧追不舍：
he led the race from start to finish but was hounded all the way by Phillips.
比赛中他从头到尾都领先, 但一直被菲利普斯紧追不舍。
短语
ride to hounds
- 见RIDE.
词源
Old English hund （in the general sense 'dog'）, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hond and German Hund, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kuōn, kun-'dog'.