单词 | fur |
释义 | fur (once / 217 pages) n Fur is the fuzzy hair on an animal like a rabbit or a raccoon. One downside of having a cat or dog is that you often end up finding their fur all over your house. Most mammals have fur, dense soft coats that protect them from becoming too cold or hot. Northern dog breeds, for example, have a double coat of fur, with the dense bottom coat keeping them warm even in the snow. Sometimes fur is used to mean "an animal's pelt" or "clothing made from the fur of an animal." The phrase "to make the fur fly" means "to cause serious trouble." WORD FAMILYfur: furlike, furry, furs, underfur+/furry: furriest, furrily USAGE EXAMPLESEveryone, men included, seems to be in “Where the Wild Things Are” furs; coat check looks like the Bronx Zoo. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) It’s nice and warm, and I would never buy any fur, but this was a gift. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) She also acknowledged vandalizing a San Diego fur store and the homes of the business owner and the owner’s parents. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) Hypo|Hyper undercoat, underfur thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair coat, pelage growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal 2n the dressed hairy coat of a mammal Syn|Hypo|Hyper pelt astrakhan the fur of young lambs bearskinthe pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug) beaver, beaver furthe soft brown fur of the beaver chinchillathe expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla erminethe expensive white fur of the ermine foxthe grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox lambskinthe skin of a lamb with the wool still on lapin, rabbitthe fur of a rabbit leopardthe pelt of a leopard minkthe expensive fur of a mink muskrat, muskrat furthe brown fur of a muskrat otterthe fur of an otter raccoonthe fur of the North American racoon sablethe expensive dark brown fur of the marten seal, sealskinthe pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal squirrelthe fur of a squirrel broadtailthe fur of a very young karakul lamb Persian lambthe fur of a karakul lamb hudson sealmuskrat fur dressed to simulate sealskin animal skin the outer covering of an animal 3n a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal Hyper garment an article of clothing |
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