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hare

/hair/US // hɛər //UK // (hɛə) //

野兔,兔子,山兔,兔儿爷

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hares, hare.

    • : any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
    • : any of the larger species of this genus, as distinguished from certain of the smaller ones known as rabbits.
    • : any of various similar animals of the same family.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Lepus.
    • : the player pursued in the game of hare and hounds.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    hared, har·ing.

    • : Chiefly British. to run fast.

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Examples

  • The hares are Ravenswood’s peakers, engines derived from the fuel-gulping jets on airliners, which, like similar systems around the United States, can spin up quickly to meet demand spikes.

  • Anecdotally, I’ve seen the Tracksmith logo—Eliot, a mini golden hare named after the long-shuttered runner’s bar in Boston—become increasingly ubiquitous in the New York City running scene.

  • It also supports muskoxen, Arctic wolves, foxes, hares, migrating waterfowl, and porcupine caribou, which calve there.

  • As long as the hare started running the moment the tortoise completed 20 percent of the race, they’d finish together.

  • As a result of this stretching, the tortoise was now 2 miles ahead of the hare, who remained at the starting line.

  • The Krishna Movement stresses continual silent chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra in order to keep the mind focused on God.

  • Tortoise disqualified for technical reasons, first place awarded to Sputnik hare.

  • The pheasant calls for Pommard, while songbirds and hare lend themselves to aged Bordeaux or a light Gevrey.

  • Her support for the Countryside Alliance did see her plead guilty to attending a hare coursing event in 2007.

  • But the hare finds a solution with the perfect Christmas gift.

  • Poor Anastatia, as a hare nestles in its form, had almost shrunk beneath the bed-clothes.

  • He had run with the hare and hunted with the hounds, and neither party could charge him with any lack of loyalty.

  • It was no brash idea, no hare-brained impulse concocted in one's cups, perhaps.

  • Well, the light come in the sky, and I separates from my mates, for I sees the owd dorg put up a hare and coorse her.

  • Wild animals were also bred for food in similar preserves, the hare and the wild boar being the favorites.