Fox Informal Foxed Clever Wild Animal Dog Reddish Brown
The flashcard defines "fox" with multiple meanings: 1. A wild animal known for its reddish-brown fur and bushy tail. 2. "To fox" means to confuse or baffle someone. 3. It can also refer to a cunning person.
The flashcard defines "fox" as a wild animal resembling a dog with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face, and a thick tail. It can also mean to baffle or confuse someone, or to describe a cunning person. The word also has a verb form meaning 'to baffle or confuse'.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]狐狸 A fox is a wild animal which looks like a dog and has reddish-brown fur, a pointed face and ears, and a thick tail. Foxes eat smaller animals.
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[VERB 动词]难住;使困惑 If you are foxed by something, you cannot understand it or solve it.
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I admit I was foxed for some time...
我承认我一度被难住了。
Only once did we hit on a question which foxed one of the experts...
我们只碰到过一个把一位专家也难住了的问题。
They're a bit foxed by the colours of the riders' jerseys and hats.
自行车手运动衫和帽子的颜色让他们有点儿困惑。
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[N-SING 单数名词]老狐狸;狡猾的人 If you describe someone as a fox, you mean they are very clever and deceitful.
Enrico was too good, an old fox, cunning.
恩里科很有心计,是一只狡猾的老狐狸。
Oxford
fox/fɒks; NAmEfɑːks/
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foxfoxesfoxedfoxingnoun1[countable ]a wild animal of the dog family, with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face and a thick heavy tail 狐;狐狸☞see also
flying fox
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(1 )2[uncountable ]the skin and fur of the fox,used to make coats, etc. 狐皮3[countable ]( often disapproving) a person who is clever and able to get what they want by influencing or tricking other people 狡猾的人;老狐狸;老滑头◆He's a wily old fox.他是个诡计多端的老狐狸。4[countable ]( informal) an attractive young woman 漂亮的年轻女子verbfoxsb ( informal) ( especially BrE) to be too difficult for sb to understand or solve; to trick or confuse sb 使猜不透;把…难住;使上当;使迷惑◆The last question foxed even our panel of experts.最后这个问题甚至把我们的专家小组都难倒了。fox/fɒks; NAmEfɑːks/
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foxfox1 /fɒks $ fɑːks/ ●●○ noun
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1fox (1) [countable] a wild animal like a dog with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face, and a thick tail2[countable] informal someone who is clever and good at deceiving people: He was a sly old fox.3[uncountable] the skin and fur of a fox, used to make clothes4[countable] American English informal someone who is sexually attractive
fox1 noun
fox2 verb
foxfox2 verb [transitive] British English informal
Verb Table
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1to be too difficult for someone to do or understand: We were foxed by the problem.2to confuse or deceive someone in a clever way
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[fɒks]foxed, foxing, foxes
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狐狸(92%),欺骗(4%),狡猾的人(2%),迷惑(2%)
n.狐狸;狡猾的人
vt.欺骗;使变酸
vi.假装;耍狡猾手段
n.(Fox)人名;(英、法、德、意、西、瑞典)福克斯
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