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puppies

/puhp-ee/US // ˈpʌp i //UK // (ˈpʌpɪ) //

小狗,幼犬,小狗们,小犬

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pup·pies.

    • : a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
    • : Fox Hunting. a foxhound that has hunted regularly for less than one season.
    • : pup.
    • : a presuming, conceited, or empty-headed young man.

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Examples

  • He saves the helpless from burning buildings and puppies from untimely deaths.

  • She became vegan, “inspired by a love of puppies and a cow that winked at me on a family vacation.”

  • Today she was letting her two puppies, Dex and Didi, run in the park.

  • The puppies come from more than 20 shelters across the country—Artemis came from Puerto Rico, just for the occasion.

  • Handlers bring the puppies down in waves to prevent them from getting too tired, freaked out, or antsy while filming.

  • If this be so, doubtless there must likewise be the ghosts of dogs (what "droll dogs" they must be), also of puppies, and asses.

  • It is said that the Asturian women never part from the puppies that they have fed from their own breasts.

  • I think so too,” replied Edward; “see if you can get two puppies, one for Humphrey, and one for myself.

  • With this pair Michael became intimate, as one becomes intimate with two puppies.

  • All these miserable puppies are allowed to grow up to a starved wretched existence, a misery to themselves and everyone else.