单词 | hare and hounds |
释义 | hare and houndsSEE SYNONYMS FOR hare and hounds ON THESAURUS.COM nounan outdoor game in which certain players, the hares, start off in advance on a long run, scattering small pieces of paper, called the scent, with the other players, the hounds, following the trail so marked in an effort to catch the hares before they reach a designated point. Also called paper chase. Origin of hare and houndsFirst recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby hare and houndshardy ageratum, hard yards, Hardy-Rand-Ritter test, Hardy-Weinberg law, hare, hare and hounds, harebell, harebrained, hareem, Hare Krishna, harelip Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hare and hounds
British Dictionary definitions for hare and houndshare and hounds noun(functioning as singular) a game in which certain players (hares) run across country scattering pieces of paper that the other players (hounds) follow in an attempt to catch the hares Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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