hare

Word family

Related topics: Animals

hare1 /heə $ her/ noun (plural hare or hares) [countableC] → hair

HBAan animal like a rabbit but larger, which can run very quickly 野兔

Examples from the Corpus

hare• The only terminal casualty of this extraordinary occurrence, apart from the aeroplane, was a hare which it struck on landing.• But hare and even the odd gazelle were available locally.• As her scythe moved mechanically through the bean field, a sandy-colored hare was startled out of its hiding place.• Then he took off in fast flight, and l saw him in vigorous chase after a snowshoe hare.• And the rich, savoury smell of the hare drifted down to meet her, turning her stomach.• Wild hare, unfortunately, is quite difficult to find.• Younger hares take well to marinating and roasting rare; older ones need to be braised or stewed.

hare2 verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]

British EnglishBrE informalRUN to run or go very fast 飞跑，飞奔

hare off

He hared off down the road.

他沿着马路飞快地跑掉了。

Examples from the Corpus

hare• He might be strong in his own opinions but he did not go haring off on his own.• They didn't come haring towards them as if the mere sight of them was the best thing that had happened all day.• We can't just go haring off into the city like that.• Why the devil do you think I came haring over here?• Small's nephew stood behind the firing squad and trained a searchlight back and forth as we hared across the fields.• It still needed a fine catch from Crowe, who hared back to wide mid-on and sprawled towards the boundary.• Then he scrambled to his feet and hared off between the trees.

Origin hare

Old English hara

hare1 nounhare2 verb

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 7035 COCA: 14507

hare

Animals found on more than one continent: angora, anteater, antelope...

To move somewhere quickly: fly, hasten, speed...

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