| 单词 | pup |
| 释义 | pup (once / 2027 pages) nv Even though you probably think of a young, cuddly dog when you hear the word pup, a pup is the correct name for the young of many different mammals (even the not-so-cuddly porcupine!). When your dog has babies, they're pups, and the same is true of baby wolves. What's more surprising is that so are the baby anteaters in the zoo, as well as the offspring of sea lions, gerbils, and mongooses, among others. Sometimes this noun is also used to mean a young person who's particularly naive or arrogant. Pup comes from puppy, from the Middle French poupée, "doll." WORD FAMILYpup: pupped, pupping, pups USAGE EXAMPLESTheir mother will be spayed and also put up for adoption once her pups are no longer breast-feeding. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) It features an eagle, one of Carmen’s favorite creatures, with outstretched wings and sharp talons, hovering over a momma wolf and her two pups. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) She spends her days volunteering, exercising, doting on her pups and reading. Washington Times(Dec 10, 2016) 1n young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf Syn|Hypo|Hyper whelp puppy a young dog young mammal any immature mammal 2n an inexperienced young person Syn|Hyper puppy spring chicken, young person, younker, youth a young person (especially a young man or boy) 3v birth Syn|Hyper whelp bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have cause to be born |
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