bloodhoundn.

Brit.

/ˈblʌdhaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈblədˌ(h)aʊnd/

Forms: see blood n. and hound n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., hound n.¹

Etymology: < blood n. + hound n.¹, apparently so called from its use in tracking (wounded) game. Compare Dutch bloedhond (1586), German Bluthund (second half of the 15th cent.).

1. Any of several large breeds of hound with a keen sense of smell; esp. a breed (probably developed in either England or France) having pendulous ears and typically black and tan coloration, used for tracking people and formerly also large game; a dog of such a breed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > bloodhound

bloodhoundc1330

limerc1369

lyam1486

brachell1488

lyam-hound1527

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 6737 Alle þe houndes þat folwed him [sc. the boar]..Oȝain turned, oþer ded were, Wiþouten blod houndes þre.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2183 Seiȝe blod-houndes bold.

1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 277 (MED) As blode houndys with her tendir nose tel thingis or thei appiere.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 15^v A Blodehund [1483 BL Add. 89074 blude hunde], molosus.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III . 26/1 Pleiyng the parte of a good blood hunde.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiv. 36 Take your Bloudhoundes and with them finde out the view or Slotte of the Harte or Bucke.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia II. 32 They follow him like bloud-hounds.

1673 R. Boyle Of Determinate Nature iv. 28 in Ess. Effluviums This Nobleman did, a competent while after, put the Blood-hound upon the scent of the man.

1718 Entertainer No. 41. 280 Like a cunning and well-nosed Blood-Hound.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 287 The Blood-hound was a dog of great use, and in high esteem among our ancestors.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 103 The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide.

c1891 L. A. Delaney in H. L. Gates Six Women's Slave Narr. (1988) 22 A large reward was offered, the bloodhounds (curse them and curse their masters) were set loose on her trail.

1951 Boys' Life Mar. 58/1 Contrary to what most people think, a bloodhound has quite a friendly disposition.

1982 B. MacLaverty Time to Dance (1985) 136 ‘Let's get this show on the road,’ Father Lynch said, his face still like a sad bloodhound. ‘We're late already’.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Oct. a31/1 You could just picture President Bush with his Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, magnifying glass and bloodhound Barney.

2. A person who pursues someone or something with (ruthless) tenacity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [noun] > bloodthirsty person

bloodhoundc1440

cannibal1563

blood-hunter1592

Lestrigon1605

fee-faw-fum1680

Lestrigoniana1887

blood-drinker1898

gorehound1920

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > a pursuer or detective

thief-taker1535

beagle1559

thief-catcher1732

bloodhound1818

sleuth-hound1856

Richard1914

prodnose1965

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3640 Lat vs..gere theme brotheliche blenke, alle ȝone blod-hondes.

1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xi. sig. Fi Manasses..was a very bloud hound & a tyran.

1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church vi. iii. f. 297 Rauening bloud houndes, which haue purchased the Seate with money and bribes.

1618 G. Minshull Certaine Characters of Prison & Prisoners sig. C7^v The blood of thy purse must bee powred out to maintaine such merciles blood-hounds and continuall purse-leaches.

1734 London Mag. Feb. 54/1 The Bloodhounds of the Press were halloo'd upon us.

1787 R. Burns Let. 24 Nov. (1985) I. 175 I shall keep no measure with the savages, but..run them down with the bloodhounds of Satire, as lawful game.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 213 The bloodhounds of the law were so close after me.

1851 Punch 20 135/1 The bloodhounds of the law, the sub-sheriff and his attendant, armed with a writ.

1936 D. Barnes in Nightwood: Orig. Version & Related Drafts (1995) 258 The bloodhounds of history wrote it down in a book.

2009 Private Eye 18 Sept. 6/1 The Mail on Sunday's finest bloodhounds have been sniffing out possible links between British oil interests in Libya and the release of the Lockerbie ‘bomber’ Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.

Compounds

General attributive.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [adjective] > like a bloodhound

bloodhound1621

sleuth-like1876

1621 J. Taylor Superbiæ Flagellum sig. D5^v Like bloud-hound Curs they daily hunt and sent.

1676 N. Lee Gloriana iv. 35 In your cause advancing thus We face A band of Bloud-hound Furies in their chase.

1719 G. Sewell Trag. Sir Walter Raleigh iv. ii. 44 Was it a Mark Of inward Spleen, to be confin'd, expos'd, Worried, and baited, by their Blood-hound Guard?

1798 J. D. Burk Female Patriotism ii. i. 11 I will not answer; Until these bloodhound slaves of thine Do take their ruffian fingers from my throat.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. ii. 123 To have set The bloodhound mob on their patrician prey.

1864 Times 17 Nov. Possessing an almost bloodhound instinct in following up the very faintest tracks.

1933 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. Sept. 114/2 The ‘bloodhound’ press seemed to be defeating the very object of their search.

2006 R. MacFarquhar & M. Schoenhals Mao's Last Revol. p. xiii A bloodhound ability to find obscure but fascinating materials in the flea markets of urban China.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bloodhound
释义	bloodhoundn. Brit. /ˈblʌdhaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈblədˌ(h)aʊnd/ Forms: see blood n. and hound n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., hound n.¹ Etymology: < blood n. + hound n.¹, apparently so called from its use in tracking (wounded) game. Compare Dutch bloedhond (1586), German Bluthund (second half of the 15th cent.). 1. Any of several large breeds of hound with a keen sense of smell; esp. a breed (probably developed in either England or France) having pendulous ears and typically black and tan coloration, used for tracking people and formerly also large game; a dog of such a breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > bloodhound bloodhoundc1330 limerc1369 lyam1486 brachell1488 lyam-hound1527 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 6737 Alle þe houndes þat folwed him [sc. the boar]..Oȝain turned, oþer ded were, Wiþouten blod houndes þre. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2183 Seiȝe blod-houndes bold. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 277 (MED) As blode houndys with her tendir nose tel thingis or thei appiere. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 15^v A Blodehund [1483 BL Add. 89074 blude hunde], molosus. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III . 26/1 Pleiyng the parte of a good blood hunde. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiv. 36 Take your Bloudhoundes and with them finde out the view or Slotte of the Harte or Bucke. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia II. 32 They follow him like bloud-hounds. 1673 R. Boyle Of Determinate Nature iv. 28 in Ess. Effluviums This Nobleman did, a competent while after, put the Blood-hound upon the scent of the man. 1718 Entertainer No. 41. 280 Like a cunning and well-nosed Blood-Hound. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 287 The Blood-hound was a dog of great use, and in high esteem among our ancestors. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 103 The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide. c1891 L. A. Delaney in H. L. Gates Six Women's Slave Narr. (1988) 22 A large reward was offered, the bloodhounds (curse them and curse their masters) were set loose on her trail. 1951 Boys' Life Mar. 58/1 Contrary to what most people think, a bloodhound has quite a friendly disposition. 1982 B. MacLaverty Time to Dance (1985) 136 ‘Let's get this show on the road,’ Father Lynch said, his face still like a sad bloodhound. ‘We're late already’. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Oct. a31/1 You could just picture President Bush with his Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, magnifying glass and bloodhound Barney. 2. A person who pursues someone or something with (ruthless) tenacity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [noun] > bloodthirsty person bloodhoundc1440 cannibal1563 blood-hunter1592 Lestrigon1605 fee-faw-fum1680 Lestrigoniana1887 blood-drinker1898 gorehound1920 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > a pursuer or detective thief-taker1535 beagle1559 thief-catcher1732 bloodhound1818 sleuth-hound1856 Richard1914 prodnose1965 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3640 Lat vs..gere theme brotheliche blenke, alle ȝone blod-hondes. 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xi. sig. Fi Manasses..was a very bloud hound & a tyran. 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church vi. iii. f. 297 Rauening bloud houndes, which haue purchased the Seate with money and bribes. 1618 G. Minshull Certaine Characters of Prison & Prisoners sig. C7^v The blood of thy purse must bee powred out to maintaine such merciles blood-hounds and continuall purse-leaches. 1734 London Mag. Feb. 54/1 The Bloodhounds of the Press were halloo'd upon us. 1787 R. Burns Let. 24 Nov. (1985) I. 175 I shall keep no measure with the savages, but..run them down with the bloodhounds of Satire, as lawful game. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 213 The bloodhounds of the law were so close after me. 1851 Punch 20 135/1 The bloodhounds of the law, the sub-sheriff and his attendant, armed with a writ. 1936 D. Barnes in Nightwood: Orig. Version & Related Drafts (1995) 258 The bloodhounds of history wrote it down in a book. 2009 Private Eye 18 Sept. 6/1 The Mail on Sunday's finest bloodhounds have been sniffing out possible links between British oil interests in Libya and the release of the Lockerbie ‘bomber’ Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi. Compounds General attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [adjective] > like a bloodhound bloodhound1621 sleuth-like1876 1621 J. Taylor Superbiæ Flagellum sig. D5^v Like bloud-hound Curs they daily hunt and sent. 1676 N. Lee Gloriana iv. 35 In your cause advancing thus We face A band of Bloud-hound Furies in their chase. 1719 G. Sewell Trag. Sir Walter Raleigh iv. ii. 44 Was it a Mark Of inward Spleen, to be confin'd, expos'd, Worried, and baited, by their Blood-hound Guard? 1798 J. D. Burk Female Patriotism ii. i. 11 I will not answer; Until these bloodhound slaves of thine Do take their ruffian fingers from my throat. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. ii. 123 To have set The bloodhound mob on their patrician prey. 1864 Times 17 Nov. Possessing an almost bloodhound instinct in following up the very faintest tracks. 1933 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. Sept. 114/2 The ‘bloodhound’ press seemed to be defeating the very object of their search. 2006 R. MacFarquhar & M. Schoenhals Mao's Last Revol. p. xiii A bloodhound ability to find obscure but fascinating materials in the flea markets of urban China. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bloodhoundv. Brit. /ˈblʌdhaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈblədˌ(h)aʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bloodhound n. Etymology: < bloodhound n. Compare earlier hound v., bloodhounding n. colloquial. transitive. To track or chase relentlessly; to pursue in a harassing manner, to hound. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > pursue > with hostility or violence seekc825 to seek afterc1175 chasec1330 huntc1385 persecute1477 to gun for1893 bloodhound1935 1935 G. Barker Janus i. 15 I am by blood bloodhounded out of doors. 1961 Guardian 25 May 10/4 Naïvely imagining that MI 5 was only bloodhounding those with supposed Cliveden or Mosley ideas. 2004 C. McCarry Old Boys vii. i. 277 Had she been snatched by the same pack of nitwits who were bloodhounding me? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330v.1935
随便看	to come down upon like a ton of bricks to come down with the money to come down with the money dust to come down with the money etc to come down with the money needful to come etc a pretty pass to come etc out of thin air to come etc place to come etc with flying colours to come evil to pass to come expensive to come fair to come fall a cropper to come fall under, within, beyond, out of the cognizance to come for to come for horse and harness to come forth to come forth with to come forward to come forwards to come from behind to come from the shoulder to come full circle to come get a cropper to come go all unnecessary

bloodhoundn.

Compounds

bloodhoundv.