- A hound is a type of dog with big floppy ears, mainly used for hunting. To hound someone is to relentlessly pursue or pester them. When Elvis sings, “You ain’t nothing but a hound dog,” he’s referring to both.
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- vt. 追逐；纠缠
- n. 猎犬；猎狗
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1. They were hounded day and night by the press.
他们日夜遭到新闻界的跟踪。
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2. hound dog
猎狗，猎犬
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3. The police are always hounding him.
警方一直在追捕他。
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4. My hounds will never harm me.
我的猎犬绝不会伤害我。
- hound (n.) Old English hund "dog," from Proto-Germanic *hundas (source also of Old Saxon and Old Frisian hund, Old High German hunt, German Hund, Old Norse hundr, Gothic hunds), from PIE *kwnto-, dental enlargement of root *kwon- "dog." Meaning narrowed 12c. to "dog used for hunting" (compare dog (n.)). Contemptuously, of a man, from late Old English.
- hound (v.) "hunt with hounds," 1520s, from hound (n.). Figurative sense "pursue relentlessly" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Hounded; hounding.
hound / haʊnd ; NAmE haʊnd / noun , verb hound hounds hounded hounding noun a dog that can run fast and has a good sense of smell, used for hunting 猎犬；猎狗 ☞see also Afghan hound , bloodhound , foxhound , greyhound , wolfhound verb houndsb to keep following sb and not leave them alone, especially in order to get sth from them or ask them questions 追踪；追逐；纠缠 SYN harass ◆ They were hounded day and night by the press. 他们日夜遭到新闻界的跟踪。 PHRASAL VERB ˌhound sb ˈout (of sth) | ˈhound sb from sth [usually passive ] to force sb to leave a job or a place, especially by making their life difficult and unpleasant 逼迫某人离职（或离开某地） hound / haʊnd ; NAmE haʊnd /
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