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fur

/fur/US // fɜr //UK // (fɜː) //

裘皮,毛皮,皮毛,皮草

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
    • : the skin of certain animals, as the sable, ermine, or beaver, covered with such a coat, used for lining, trimming, or making garments.
    • : a garment made of fur.
    • : any coating resembling or suggesting fur, as certain matter on the tongue.
    • : Heraldry. any conventional representation of a fur, as ermine, vair, potent, or their variations.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to fur, animal skins, dressed pelts, etc.: a fur coat; a fur trader.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    furred, fur·ring.

    • : to line, face, or trim, with fur, as a garment.
    • : Building Trades. to apply furring to.
    • : to clothe with fur.
    • : to coat with foul or deposited matter.

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Examples

  • Two days later, they found infectious virus in the cages as well as on the animals’ fur, ears and paws.

  • A transferable vaccine can be given to a bat, for example, as a paste on its fur.

  • The disappearance of otters, once trapped for their fur, allowed their food supplies — sea urchins, crabs and clams — to flourish.

  • Cats spread this protein across their fur when they lick themselves.

  • If the area is thorny, then dogs with longer fur will be better protected.

  • Last year, her group successfully helped push through a measure that made the sale of cat fur illegal in the country.

  • Anderson pleaded with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ban clothing made from animal fur.

  • She holds a young girl closely inside her oversized fur coat; both gaze into lens.

  • Her father, who managed a fur trading business in China, died when she was 5.

  • MOSCOW — Fur coats may well be in high demand this winter among those glamorous ladies in Ukraine who can afford them.

  • He can't talk much, though; 'tain't good fur him; his lungs is out er kilter.

  • With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."

  • But ef Jos keeps on, airnin' ez much ez he hez so fur, he's goin' ter pay the Injun part on 't, when he cums.

  • They're up every mornin' uv thar lives long afore daylight, a feedin' their stock, an' gittin' ready fur the day's work.

  • Though she was warmly wrapped in a soft rug of silvery fur, a chill crept into her heart.