单词 | puppy |
释义 | puppy (once / 1257 pages) n A puppy is a baby dog. Unless you're more of a cat person, there's nothing cuter than puppies playing together. When a dog is born, it's a puppy. Puppies, like most mammals, start out very small and quickly grow larger — in fact, some puppies' coats change color as they mature, resulting in a fully grown dog that looks completely different. In the fifteenth century, a puppy was specifically "a woman's small pet dog," from the Middle French poupée, "doll or toy." WORD FAMILYpuppy: puppies, puppyish, puppylike+/puppyish: puppyishly USAGE EXAMPLESAn hour of puppies — need we say more? New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) She says the puppies, two females, two males, are healthy and will be available for adoption in a few weeks. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) She mentions that a sous chef brought her puppy to a staff meeting the next day, “to help lift our spirits.” Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a young dog Hyper pup, whelp young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf Canis familiaris, dog, domestic doga member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds 2n an inexperienced young person Syn|Hyper pup spring chicken, young person, younker, youth a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
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