fox

英 [fɒks] 美 [fɑːks]

• n. 狐狸；狡猾的人；<美>迷人的时髦女郎
• vt. 欺骗；迷惑

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]狐,狐狸

   wild animal of the dog family, with reddish brown fur, a pointed face and a bushy tail

2. [C]狡猾的人

   person who is clever and able to get what he wants by deceiving or manipulating others

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 狡猾的人，狡诈的人
2. 狐狸，狐
3. 狐（毛）皮
4. 老狐狸，老滑头
5. <美俚>迷人的时髦女郎，性感、诱人的人（尤指女性）
6. 绳索，杂用小绳
7. 一种剑

v. 动词

1. （使）发酵变酸，（使）变酸，使发酵
2. （使）迷惑，使困惑，使难理解，使猜不透，把...难住
3. <口>欺骗，瞒骗，使上当
4. 补鞋，为换新鞋面，用皮修饰（鞋面）
5. 耍狡猾手段，狡诈地行动，耍花招
6. 假装
7. 使产生黄斑，使产生褐斑，生褐斑变色
8. 使喝醉

英英释义

Noun:

1. alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

2. a shifty deceptive person

3. the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox

4. English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)

5. English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)

6. a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River

7. the Algonquian language of the Fox

Verb:

1. deceive somebody;

   "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
   

2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;

   "These questions confuse even the experts"
   "This question completely threw me"
   "This question befuddled even the teacher"
   

3. become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.
   狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
2. The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.
   狐狸钻进了石崖下面的洞里。
3. He's a crafty old fox.
   他是一只狡猾的老狐狸。
4. Don't trust him, he is a sly old fox.
   别相信他，他像老狐狸一样狡猾。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The trainee foxed the arrogant instructor with a knotty problem.
   那位受训的队员故意用难题把傲慢的教练搞糊涂。
2. His meeting with Mr Ma was rescheduled to fox protesters.
   他与马先生的会面被重新安排以迷惑抗议者。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The fox is known for its cleverness and cunning.
   狐狸的机敏和狡猾是人所共知的。
2. Hunting foxes is a peculiar English sport.
   猎狐是英国特有的运动。
3. Fox preys farthest from home.
   狐狸觅食,远离洞门。
4. Fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
   审鹅不可让狐狸陪审。
5. Fox smells his own stink first.
   狐狸的恶臭自家先闻。
6. Fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
   狐狸的诡计永远进不了狮子的脑袋。
7. When the fox preaches, then beware of your geese.
   狐狸说教时,当心你的鹅。
8. You can't trust him, he's a sly old fox.
   你不能相信他,他是一只狡猾的老狐狸。
9. He is a fox in a lamb's skin.
   他是一只披着羊皮的狐狸。
10. Fox is not taken twice in the same snare.
    聪明人不上两次当。

经典引文

• Foxes and statesmen, subtile wiles ensure.

  出自： R. Burns

• Hounds..lost their fox in Lipton Sticks.

  出自： W. Holtby

• Repeated raids by a fox in the egg-season.

  出自： N. Tinbergen

• Has he foxed you?

  出自： A. B. Longstreet

• I was foxed as how to cross the gulf that separated our two chairs.

  出自： U. Bentley

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

play fox

耍滑头,假装 pretend

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• hunt fox 猎取狐狸
• play fox 行为狡猾

形容词+～

• arctic fox 北极狐
• old fox 老狐狸,老奸巨猾的家伙
• red fox 红狐
• sly fox 狡猾的狐狸
• white fox 白狐
• young fox 小狐狸

名词+～

• desert fox 沙漠狐
• silver fox 银狐

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. fox的基本意思是“狐,狐狸”,指一种犬科野生动物,皮毛多为棕红色。fox用于比喻可指“狡猾的人”。
2. fox一般指公狐,相对应的阴性名词是vixen。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的fox；最初源自德语的fuhs，意为狐狸。

近反义词

【近义词】

• confuse 使困惑
• trick 诡计
• baffle 困惑
• bamboozle 欺骗
• con 骗局
• deceive 欺骗
• beauty 美人
• flummox 使混乱
• fool 傻瓜
• brown 棕色的
• hoodwink 欺骗
• muddle 混乱
• outwit 瞒骗
• perplex 使困惑
• puzzle 难题
• stump 残株
• Charles James Fox 法克斯(1877-?),...
• discombobulate 使混乱
• confound 使困惑
• pull a fast one on 用诡计占上风...
• throw 扔
• slyboots (单复同)狡猾的人...
• George Fox 佛克斯
• befuddle 使昏迷
• flim-flam 欺骗
• bedevil 使痛苦
• FOB 表袋
• play a trick on 捉弄 ...
• fuddle 使错乱
• dodger 躲闪者
• play a joke on 取笑(某人)
• play tricks 捣鬼