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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'.

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[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.
      [be V-ed]
      [V n]
      [V-ed]
      [mainly BRIT 主英]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • 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。

    3
    [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 ; NAmE fɑːks /
    noun
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    verb
    fox foxes foxed foxing
    noun 1 [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
    ,
    vixen
     (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
    verb foxsb ( 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 ; NAmE fɑːks /
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    fox1 noun
    fox2 verb
    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
    Examples
    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
    WDF

    fox

    [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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