释义 |
har·ri·er I. \ˈharēə(r), -riə- also ˈher-\ noun (-s) Etymology: irregular from hare (I) + -ier 1. : a hunting dog from 19 to 21 inches high resembling a small foxhound and used for hunting rabbits and other small game 2. : a runner on a cross-country team II. noun (-s) Etymology: harry (I) + -er 1. : one that harries 2. [alteration (influenced by harry) (I) of earlier harrower, from harrow (I) + -er] : any of various slender hawks with long angled wings and long legs that constitute a genus (Circus), feed chiefly on small mammals, reptiles, and insects which they hunt by flying low over open ground, and usually nest on the ground — see hen harrier, marsh harrier, marsh hawk [northern harrier] |