fox

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fox1 /fɒks $ fɑːks/ noun

[countableC]HBA a wild animal like a dog with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face, and a thick tail 狐狸

2 [countableC] informalINTELLIGENTTRICK/DECEIVE someone who is clever and good at deceiving people 狐狸，狡猾的人

He was a sly old fox.

他是个狡猾的老狐狸。

3. [uncountableU]DCC the skin and fur of a fox, used to make clothes 〔用于做衣服的〕狐皮

4. [countableC] American EnglishAmE informalSEXY someone who is sexually attractive 狐狸精，性感的人

Examples from the Corpus

fox• She's such a fox!• Also invoked against eye trouble and foxes.• Riding to hounds, taking fences and obstacles along a route dictated by the fox is a very skilled activity.• The scornful rider gave the fox no chance to get well away.• The whole pack raced behind on the scent of the fox.• They ran through field after field, with the hounds all the time slowly gaining on the fox.• The fox is merely after its dinner.• Whereas foxes eat things other than rabbits, cheetahs eat only gazelles.

fox2 verb [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE informal

1 UNDERSTANDto be too difficult for someone to do or understand 把…难住；使猜不透

We were foxed by the problem.

我们被这个问题难住了。

2. TRICK/DECEIVEto confuse or deceive someone in a clever way 使迷惑；欺骗

Examples from the Corpus

fox• His little puzzle of the speed of light has you completely foxed.• The shapes, the foxing of hair.• Do we leave out dates to fox her?• The guy had never foxed him or double-dealt him.• The dire light and dark shadows foxed him.• He planned to fox them by flying south and going out the same way he came in.

Foxn (also Fox Broadcasting Company) trademark

none of the main national television networks in the US. The others include abc, cbs, and nbc. Fox is the newest of the main US television networks, and is part of Rupert murdoch's company, News Corporation.

Origin fox

Old English

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