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单词 foxhunting
释义

foxhunting

noun

fox·​hunt·​ing ˈfäks-ˌhən-tiŋ How to pronounce foxhunting (audio)
: a pastime in which participants on horseback ride over the countryside following a pack of hounds on the trail of a fox
foxhunt
ˈfäks-ˌhənt How to pronounce foxhunting (audio)
intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web South Hamilton’s foxhunting and private country club, Myopia Hunt Club, is featured in the movie, as is one Cambridge house. Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2021 Conservatives tend to be upset by his enthusiasm for Islam and his environmentalism; liberals object to his vehement defense of foxhunting and his protectiveness of Britain’s ancient social hierarchies. Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined above

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