fox
noun
uk/fɒks/us/fɑːks/foxnoun(ANIMAL)
B2[C]
awildmammalbelongingto thedogfamilythat has apointedfaceandears, awidetailcoveredinfur, and often reddish-brownfur
狐，狐狸
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theskinof thisanimalused to makecoatsandhats
狐狸皮- Thehuntchasedthe fox until it was tootiredandweaktorunand thenclosedin for thekill.
- Thehoundshadlostthescentof the fox near theriver.
- As the fox came into theyard, thechickensbegansquawkinginalarm.
- Dogs,cats, foxes andbatscan allcarryrabies.
- There was a fox on theprowlearlier.
Canines (dogs)
- Afghan hound
- Alsatian
- American cocker spaniel
- basset hound
- beagle
- Dobermann
- dog
- doggie day care
- doggy
- doodle
- man's best friendidiom
- mastiff
- mongrel
- mutt
- Newfoundland
- Shih Tzu
- sniffer dog
- spaniel
- St Bernard
- terrier
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
foxnoun(CLEVER PERSON)
[Cusually singular]
someone who iscleverand good atdeceivingpeople:
狡猾的人He's acunning/sly/wilyoldfox.他是一个狡猾／阴险／诡计多端的老狐狸。
Sly & devious
- artful
- artfully
- artfulness
- backdoor
- calculating
- cunning
- cunningly
- devious
- deviously
- deviousness
- ducking
- filthy
- foxy
- guile
- gymnastics
- legerdemain
- Machiavellian
- Machiavellianism
- underhand
- wily
foxnoun(WOMAN)
[C]USinformal
asexuallyattractivewoman
狐狸精，狐媚子，性感女郎fox
verb[T]
UKuk/fɒks/us/fɑːks/foxverb[T](CONFUSE)
toconfusesomeone or be toodifficultto beunderstoodby someone:
使迷惑；难住Thispuzzlehas well andtrulyfoxed me!这个谜真把我给难住了！
Puzzle and confuse
- addle
- baffle
- bedazzle
- befuddle
- bemuse
- blind
- discombobulate
- disorientate
- dosomeone'shead inidiom
- flummox
- fuddle
- loop
- puzzle
- ravel
- search
- throw
- throw(someone)a curve (ball)idiom
- throwsomeoneoff balanceidiom
- tie
- tiesomeone(up) in knotsidiom
foxverb[T](DECEIVE)
todeceivesomeone in acleverway
欺骗，使上当Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- deceive
- diddle
- fiddle
- flannel
- gull
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- pull
- pull a fast oneidiom
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- racket