fox

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /fɒks/|/fɔks/    美 /fɔks/|/fɑks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:; Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox. countable,uncountable
    — A group of foxes is called a skulk.
  2. A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:; Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.; The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur. countable,uncountable
    — The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
  3. A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:; Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon. countable,uncountable
  4. The fur of a fox. uncountable
  5. A fox terrier. countable,uncountable
  6. A flying fox. Australia,countable,uncountable
    — Their screeches heralded excited talk from the hurrying troops, for flying fox is a delicacy. The densely-foliaged trees hedged a sombre pool, deep and quiet. As the slain foxes dropped into the water the snouts of river crocodiles popped up and devoured them.
  7. The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color. countable,uncountable
  8. A cunning person. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — As for thee, false friend, subtle fox, unfaithful servant, this long time am I grown weary of thee slinking up and down my palace devising darkly things I know not: thou, that art nought akin to Witchland, but an outlander, a Goblin exile, a serpent warmed in my bosom to my hurt.
  9. A physically attractive person, typically a woman. countable,figuratively,slang,uncountable
    — And Jerry was cute, you know, I liked him, but Frank was a total fox. And he was rougher than Jerry, you know, not so cultured.
  10. A person with reddish brown hair, typically a woman. countable,figuratively,slang,uncountable
  11. A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets. countable,uncountable
  12. A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it. countable,uncountable
  13. A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport. countable,uncountable
    — Locating a hidden transmitter (the fox) has been a popular ham activity for many years.
  14. The fourteenth Lenormand card. countable,uncountable
  15. A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Thou diest on point of fox.
  16. Air-to-air weapon launched. countable,uncountable
    — Got a lock! Fox, Fox!
  17. Someone who fuses many different influences and concepts in their philosophy or worldview. countable,uncountable
    — Austin was patiently and painstakingly concerned with truth within limitations. He was a hedgehog, not a fox.
动词 v.
  1. To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity. transitive
    — I see a number of gallants every where, whoſe incomes come in yearely by ſet numbers, but runne out daily, ſans number. […] And when I ſee them often foxed, me thinke the Proverbe ſutes thoſe ſutes, what is the fox but his caſe? I ſhould thinke them to be Eutrapelus his enemies, whom he cloathed richly to make them ſpend freely, and grow deboſhed.
  2. To confuse or baffle (someone). transitive
    — This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
  3. To act slyly or craftily. intransitive
  4. To cheat or rob. dated,transitive
    — Have you any news of Miriam? As I have had no reply to my delicately worded epistle, I can only presume that you foxed me with the wrong address, and that you are yourself already engaged to be married to her.
  5. To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.) intransitive
    — The pages of the book show distinct foxing.
  6. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment. transitive
  7. To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting. intransitive
  8. To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink. transitive
    — I drank […] so much wine that I was almost foxed.
  9. To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. transitive

词形变化

foxes plural foxen dialectal,nonstandard,plural foxes present,singular,third-person foxing participle,present foxed participle,past foxed past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos
Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz
Old English fox
Middle English fox
English fox
From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), possibly from *puḱ- (“tail”).
Cognate with Scots fox (“fox”), North Frisian foos, fos (“fox”), Saterland Frisian Foaks (“fox”), West Frisian foks (“fox”), Dutch vos (“fox”), Low German vos (“fox”), German Fuchs (“fox”), Icelandic fóa (“fox”), Tocharian B päkā (“tail, chowrie”), Russian пух (pux, “down, fluff”), Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha) (whence Torwali پوش (pūš, “fox”), Hindi पूंछ (pūñch, “tail”)).
Philosophical sense from the 1953 essay The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin. Military aviation sense from the pre-NATO military spelling alphabet where Fox represented F and was short for 'to fire'.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos
Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz
Old English fox
Middle English fox
English fox
From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), possibly from *puḱ- (“tail”).
Cognate with Scots fox (“fox”), North Frisian foos, fos (“fox”), Saterland Frisian Foaks (“fox”), West Frisian foks (“fox”), Dutch vos (“fox”), Low German vos (“fox”), German Fuchs (“fox”), Icelandic fóa (“fox”), Tocharian B päkā (“tail, chowrie”), Russian пух (pux, “down, fluff”), Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha) (whence Torwali پوش (pūš, “fox”), Hindi पूंछ (pūñch, “tail”)).
Philosophical sense from the 1953 essay The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin. Military aviation sense from the pre-NATO military spelling alphabet where Fox represented F and was short for 'to fire'.
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