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单词 basset
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Definition of basset in English:

basset

(also basset hound)
noun ˈbasɪt
  • A sturdy hunting dog of a breed with a long body, short legs, and long drooping ears.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also, he's beginning to resemble a basset hound.
    • She groaned inwardly as the basset hound heaved a sigh.
    • Outside her only friend is a basset hound.
    • The girl, who had been drawing her hands down her face in worry, stopped mid-action causing her eyes to droop like those of a basset hound.
    • I know, because all my basset hound wants to do is lie on the cool tile floor and chomp on the occasional ice cube.
    • And when her 12-year-old basset hound died - one of her most faithful companions - I could feel her pain; I cried with her.
    • My Pet Dog was a droopy old basset hound with folds of brown and white fur draped over his snout.
    • A family are delighted to be reunited with their black and white basset hound who ran away from her home on Wednesday, March 17.
    • We had all sorts of dogs from terriers to spaniels and even a French basset hound.
    • In my experience, the basset and Rottweilers are great apartment dogs.
    • He stroked the short, bristled fur of his basset hound.
    • The mother told me the directions to the place I needed to be in and with the help of my basset hound I managed to make it though.
    • He is both endearing and funny with his basset hound face and jaded accent.
    • Yet, at 23 kilos, it weighs no more than a small basset hound.
    • It occurred during a stay at a small hotel with our basset hound.
    • The basset hound jumped out of the car and wagged his tail as soon as the door opened, and he trotted happily up to the front door of the house.
    • They entered the living room, where she instantly spotted her basset hound laying on the patched, brown couch, and watching TV with his head on his paws.
    • He was a rather thin and sickly looking middle-aged man, with a long nose, and that seemingly perpetual look of sadness, much resembling a basset hound's.
    • Certain images repeat in many of your movies: flocks of birds, biblical quotes, your pet basset hound.
    • Turnip, his basset hound puppy, was pacing around dejectedly with him.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, diminutive of bas 'low', from medieval Latin bassus 'short'.

Rhymes

facet, tacet, tacit
 
 
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