單詞
spoor
英 [sp??; sp??]
美[sp?r]
基本信息
- n. （野獸的）足跡；痕跡
- vt. 循著足跡追蹤
- n. (Spoor)人名；(荷)斯波爾；(英)斯普爾
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?spoors;
助記提示
1. spur => *sper- 'hit with the foot, kick' => spoor "track".
中文詞源
spoor 野獸的足跡，蹤跡
來自南非荷蘭語 spoor,來自荷蘭語 spoor,足跡，蹤跡，來自 Proto-Germanic*spur,踢，踩踏， 來自 PIE*sper,腳踝，踩，詞源同 spur,spurn.后用于指野獸的足跡和蹤跡。
英文詞源
- spoor
- spoor: see spur
- spoor (n.)
- "track, trace," 1823, used originally by travelers in South Africa, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, cognate with Old English spor "footprint, track, trace," from Proto-Germanic *spur-am, from PIE *spere- "ankle" (see spurn).
雙語例句
- 1. The hounds followed the fox's spoor.
- 獵狗追蹤狐貍的足跡.
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