fox
英 [fɒks]
美[fɑks]
- 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
词态变化
复数: foxes;第三人称单数: foxes;过去式: foxed;过去分词: foxed;现在分词: foxing;
中文词源
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。
英英释意
- 1. alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- 2. a shifty deceptive person
- 3. the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox
英文词源
- 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, and English fox. The fox is also named after its tail in Spanish (raposa ‘fox’ is a derivative of rabo ‘tail’) and in 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 Dutch and Dutch 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"); and Lithuanian (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 limbs and his grease, with old oil and with 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 Germanic and means 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;" and Middle 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).
考试真题
- But the recovery of Santa Cruz Island isn't just about the fox.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- Just off the coast of Southern California sits Santa Cruz Island, where a magical creature called the island fox dwells .
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- Native plants are coming back, and the fox once again bound about carefree.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- wild pigs attracted golden eagles from the mainland, and those flying predators crashed the fox population.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- This is the story of the little fox that has come back, and the people who have dedicated their lives to protecting it.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- Today, federal agencies are pulling the island fox from the Endangered Species list.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- "We don't make anything anymore," he told Fox News, while defending his own made-in-Mexico clothing line.
2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- He's a wily old fox.
- 他是个诡计多端的老狐狸。
牛津词典
- The last question foxed even our panel of experts.
- 最后这个问题甚至把我们的专家小组都难倒了。
牛津词典
- Enrico was too good, an old fox, cunning.
- 恩里科很有心计，是一只狡猾的老狐狸。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Only once did we hit on a question which foxed one of the experts...
- 我们只碰到过一个把一位专家也难住了的问题。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I admit I was foxed for some time...
- 我承认我一度被难住了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When factitious what has is the meeting special brokenhearted?
- 人为什么有的时候会特别的没有精神 呢 ?
期刊摘选
- The hounds ran ahead, following their noses on the trail of the fox.
- 猎狗凭着嗅觉顺着狐狸的足迹向前跑去.
《简明英汉词典》
- The hunting dogs got wind of the fox.
- 猎狗闻到狐狸的气味.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The fox redoubled on its trail to escape the hunters.
- 那狐狸循原路折回逃避猎人.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The fox is a canine animal.
- 狐狸是犬科动物.
《简明英汉词典》
- The huntsmen rode fast, chasing after the fox.
- 猎人们疾驶, 追捕那只狐狸.
《简明英汉词典》
- The fox escaped the hunter.
- 狐狸躲开了猎人.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is cunning as a fox.
- 他像狐狸一样狡猾.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.
- 那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱.
《简明英汉词典》
- The hunter lured the fox into a trap.
- 猎人诱使狐狸落入陷阱.
《简明英汉词典》
- The Latin term " Vulpes " is the generic name for the various type of fox.
- 拉丁术语 “ Vulpes ” 是不同种类狐狸的属名.
《简明英汉词典》
- The fox is known for its cleverness and cunning.
- 狐狸的机敏和狡猾是人所共知的.
《简明英汉词典》
- The dog snuffed at the track of the fox.
- 那狗嗅闻狐狸经过的地方.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Every fox must pay his skin to the furrier.
- 狡狐难免就擒.
《简明英汉词典》
- There is a big fox den on the back hill.
- 后山有一个很大的狐狸窝.
《简明英汉词典》
- I have a fox terrier.
- 我养了一只猎狐狗.
《简明英汉词典》
- The fox whipped out of sight.
- 狐狸一闪就不见了.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A fox breaks wind in order to escape from hunting dogs.
- 狐狸放屁以逃避猎狗.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The poor fox escaped from the trap at the cost of a leg.
- 那只可怜的小狐狸逃出了陷阱,却失去了一条腿.
《简明英汉词典》
- He's a wily old fox.
- 他是个诡计多端的老狐狸。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- a fox with its leg in a trap
- 被夹子夹住腿的狐狸
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- "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。”
柯林斯例句
- He governed with an adroitness that gained him the nickname "the old fox".
- 他因管理有方而为自己赢得了“老狐狸”的绰号。
柯林斯例句