spoor
英[spʊə;spɔː]
美[spʊr]
- n. （野兽的）足迹；痕迹
- vt. 循着足迹追踪
- n. (Spoor)人名；(荷)斯波尔；(英)斯普尔
词态变化
复数: spoors;
助记提示
1. spur => *sper- 'hit with the foot, kick' => spoor "track".
中文词源
spoor 野兽的足迹，踪迹
来自南非荷兰语 spoor,来自荷兰语 spoor,足迹，踪迹，来自 Proto-Germanic*spur,踢，踩踏， 来自 PIE*sper,脚踝，踩，词源同 spur,spurn.后用于指野兽的足迹和踪迹。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The hounds followed the fox's spoor.
- 猎狗追踪狐狸的足迹.
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