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单词 terrier
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terrier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈter.i.ər/us
/ˈter.i.ɚ/
abreedofsmall,activedog,originallyused forhuntingandchasinganimalsinto or out oftheirundergroundholes
一种敏捷的小狗（最初用于狩猎和将猎物赶进或赶出洞穴）
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(Definition ofterrierfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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terrier
noun[C]
us
/ˈter·i·ər/
any of severaltypesofsmall,activedogs
(Definition ofterrierfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This article will explore how aterrierand a tenor helped turn the talking machine into a musical instrument.
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Also, a child who had only a shape bias would tend to favor subordinate categories (terrier, rocking chair) over basic-level categories (dog, chair).
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In particular, how does the child know whether the word refers to all animals, all dogs, or just all terriers?
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And when children learn new words, they most naturally treat them as falling into this intermediate level of abstraction, not too general (animal), and not 1102 too specific (terrier).
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Masters of fox hounds have told me that they do not like the fact that terriers are stuffed down holes to flush out a fox.
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Aterrieris a dog which can worry something; it is agile and it is strong.
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Bull terriers fight silently, fight out of sheer savagery and will attack the badger and get chewed up, and that is where cruelty comes in.
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For the rest he is to be like a littleterrierrunning round barking to encourage everyone to get on with the work.
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My family has always favoured wire fox terriers.
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The paper described how a bull terrier's body had been found in the grounds of a primary school.
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American pit bull terriers were bred for that sport.
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But it will not raise the premium for a pack of 20 pit bull terriers any higher than for a pack of poodles.
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He watches cricket, drinks warm beer, fills in his pools coupon, and gently strokes his favourite pit bullterrier.
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Those thrusting terriers of private enterprise were gathering the shekels from building office blocks, hotels, shopping precincts and other lush building projects.
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The problem of the definition will provide a good excuse for men accused of entering badger setts or sending terriers down them.
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