fox

英 [fɒks] 美 [fɑks]

• 翻译

  vt. 欺骗；使变酸

  n. 狐狸；狡猾的人

  vi. 假装；耍狡猾手段

  n. (Fox)人名；(英、法、德、意、西、瑞典)福克斯

英 [fɒks]||||||美 [fɑks]

F

vt. 欺骗；使变酸

n. 狐狸；狡猾的人

vi. 假装；耍狡猾手段

n. (Fox)人名；(英、法、德、意、西、瑞典)福克斯

fox 狐狸，欺骗，迷糊

来自PIE*puk, 尾巴。因狐狸毛茸茸的大尾巴而得名。引申词义欺骗，迷糊，耍花招等。

fox

fox:

[OE]

Fox

probably means literally ‘tailed animal’ – the fox’s brush being perhaps its most distinctive feature. It has been traced back to a prehistoric Indo-European *

puk

-, which also produced Sanskrit

púcchas

‘tail’. In West Germanic this gave *

fukhs

, from which come German

fuchs

, Dutch

vos

,a,n,dEnglish

fox

. The fox is also named after its tail in Spanish (

raposa

‘fox’ is a derivative of

rabo

‘tail’)a,n,din Welsh (

llwynog

‘fox’ comes from

llwyn

‘bush’ – that is, ‘bushy tail’).

fox (n.)

Old English

fox

\\\\\\\"a fox,\\\\\\\" from Proto-Germanic

*fuhsaz

\\\\\\\"fox\\\\\\\" (cognates Old Saxon

vohs

, Middle Dutcha,n,dDutch

vos

, Old High German

fuhs

, German

Fuchs

, Old Norse

foa

, Gothic

fauho

), from Proto-Germanic

*fuh-

, from PIE

*puk-

\\\\\\\"tail\\\\\\\" (source also of Sanskrit

puccha-

\\\\\\\"tail\\\\\\\").

The bushy tail also inspired words for \\\\\\\"fox\\\\\\\" in Welsh (

llwynog

, from

llwyn

\\\\\\\"bush\\\\\\\"); Spanish (

raposa

, from

rabo

\\\\\\\"tail\\\\\\\");a,n,dLithuanian (

uodegis

, from

uodega

\\\\\\\"tail\\\\\\\"). Metaphoric extension to \\\\\\\"clever person\\\\\\\" was in late Old English. Meaning \\\\\\\"sexually attractive woman\\\\\\\" is from 1940s; but foxy in this sense is recorded from 1895. A

fox-tail

was anciently one of the badges of a fool (late 14c.).

A late Old English translation of the

Medicina de Quadrupedibus

of Sextus Placitus advises, for women \\\\\\\"who suffer troubles in their inward places, work for them into a salve a foxes limbsa,n,dhis grease, with old oila,n,dwith tar; apply to the womens places; quickly it healeth the troubles.\\\\\\\" It also recommends, for sexual intercourse without irritation, \\\\\\\"the extremest end of a foxes tail hung upon the arm.\\\\\\\" Rubbing a fox\\\\\\\"s testicles on warts was supposed a means to get rid of them.

Fox

name of an Algonquian people (confederated with the

Sac

after 1760), translating French

renards

, which itself may be a translation of an Iroquoian term meaning \\\\\\\"red fox people.\\\\\\\" Their name for themselves is

/meškwahki:-haki/

\\\\\\\"red earths.\\\\\\\" French

renard

\\\\\\\"fox\\\\\\\" is from

Reginhard

, the name of the fox in old Northern European fables (as in Low German

Reinke de Vos

, but Chaucer in The Nun\\\\\\\"s Priest\\\\\\\"s Tale calls him

Daun Russell

); it is Germanica,n,dmeans literally \\\\\\\"strong in council, wily.\\\\\\\"

fox (v.)

1660s, \\\\\\\"to delude\\\\\\\" (perhaps implied in Old English

foxung

\\\\\\\"fox-like wile, craftiness\\\\\\\"), from fox (n.). The same notion is implied in Old English verbal noun

foxung

\\\\\\\"fox-like wile, craftiness;\\\\\\\"a,n,dMiddle English had

foxerie

\\\\\\\"wiliness, trickery, deceit.\\\\\\\"

Foxed

in booksellers\\\\\\\" catalogues (1847) means \\\\\\\"stained with fox-colored marks\\\\\\\" (rusty red-brown). In other contexts the past-participle adjective typically meant \\\\\\\"drunk\\\\\\\" (1610s).

1. It shows a

fox

being disembowelled by a pack of hounds.

画面中一只狐狸正被一群猎狗撕咬得肠子外流。

来自柯林斯例句

2. \\\\\\\"Ah, Captain

Fox

,\\\\\\\" Martin McGuinness said affably. \\\\\\\"Nice to see you again.\\\\\\\"

“啊，福克斯上尉，”马丁·麦吉尼斯亲切地说，“很高兴再次见到您。”

来自柯林斯例句

3.

Fox

, badger, weasela,n,dstoat are regularly seen here.

狐狸、獾、黄鼠狼和白鼬在这里很常见。

来自柯林斯例句

4. James

Fox

is best known as the author of White Mischief.

詹姆斯·福克斯以《欲望城》一书最为出名.

来自柯林斯例句

5. Even from a distance the effect of his

fox

costume was stunning.

即使从远处看，他的狐狸戏服也很抢眼。

来自柯林斯例句