Английский Этимологический словарь - hound
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~1 n 1 a dog used for hunting (ride to hounds BrE old-fashioned (=go foxhunting)) 2 informal a dog ~2 v 1 to keep following someone and asking them questions in an annoying or threatening way; harass (1) (after the court case Lee was hounded relentlessly by the Press.) 2 hound sb out (of) to make things so unpleasant for someone that they are forced to leave ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(hounds, hounding, hounded) 1. A hound is a type of dog that is often used for hunting or racing. N-COUNT 2. If someone hounds you, they constantly disturb or speak to you in an annoying or upsetting way. Newcomers are constantly hounding them for advice... VERB: V n 3. If someone is hounded out of a job or place, they are forced to leave it, often because other people are constantly criticizing them. There is a general view around that he has been hounded out of office by the press. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed out of/from n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hund; akin to Old High German hunt dog, Latin canis, Greek kyon Date: before 12th century 1. a. dog b. a dog of any of numerous hunting breeds including both scent ~s (as the blood~ and beagle) and sight ~s (as the grey~ and Afghan ~) 2. a mean or despicable person 3. dogfish 4. a person who pursues like a ~; especially one who avidly seeks or collects something autograph ~s II. transitive verb Date: 1528 1. to pursue with or as if with ~s 2. to drive or affect by persistent harassing Synonyms: see bait • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a dog used for hunting, esp. one able to track by scent. b (the hounds) Brit. a pack of foxhounds. 2 colloq. a despicable man. 3 a runner who follows a trail in hare and hounds. 4 a person keen in pursuit of something (usu. in comb.: news-hound). --v.tr. 1 harass or pursue relentlessly. 2 chase or pursue with a hound. 3 (foll. by at) set (a dog or person) on (a quarry). 4 urge on or nag (a person). Phrases and idioms hound's tongue Bot. a tall plant, Cynoglossum officinale, with tongue-shaped leaves. hound's-tooth a check pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth. ride to hounds go fox-hunting on horseback. Derivatives hounder n. houndish adj. Etymology: OE hund f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. охотничья собака, особ. гончая the hounds —- свора гончик master of hounds —- обер-егермейстер to follow the hounds, to ride to hounds —- охотиться (верхом) с собаками 2. собака, пес (обыкн. ирон. или пренебр) 3. бран. собака, негодяй 4. сл. охотник (до чего-л) drink hound —- пьяница candy hound —- сладкоежка bridge hound —- заядлый игрок в бридж publicity hound —- любитель саморекламы gloom hound —- мрачная личность 5. репортер, "гончий пес" Id: the hound of hell —- миф. Цербер Id: the hounds of fate —- неумолимая судьба Id: to ride before the hounds —- опережать события, забегать вперед 6. травить собаками 7. травить, преследовать; подвергать гонениям hounded from place to place —- гонимый отовсюду creditors hounded him —- кредиторы его преследовали he was hounded by reporters —- репортеры не давали ему покоя 8. не отставать (от кого-л); мешать (кому-л) she couldn't get her little brother to stop hounding her —- она не могла добиться, чтобы братишка отвязался от нее 9. науськивать, натравливать to hound a dog on smb. —- натравить собаку на кого-л 10. подстрекать (к чему-л) 11. выживать (откуда-л); изгонять (с позором) he was hounded out of the city —- гонения заставили его покинуть город 12. мор. мачтовый бугель, чикс (мачты) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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out изгонять, выгонять с позором When his employers discovered his shameful past, they bounded him out (of the company). HOUND 1. noun 1) собака; охотничья собака, особ. гончая the hounds - свора гончих to follow (the) hounds, to ride to hounds - охотиться верхом с собаками 2) негодяй; собака 3) один из игроков в игре hare and hounds [см. hare ] Syn: pointer, retriever, setter, terrier see mongrel 2. v. 1) травить (собаками) 2) травить, подвергать преследованиям 3) натравливать (at, on, upon) - hound down - hound out Syn: see bait HOUND down выловить, разыскать The police have promised to hound down those responsible for the explosion. ...Англо-русский словарь
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