Word · Frequency #10029
cub
/kʌb/
verb
产仔；生幼崽
To give birth to cubs.
- 1.
To give birth to cubs.
产崽；生幼崽。
- 2.
To hunt fox cubs.
猎狐崽；捕猎小狐狸。
猎狐崽；捕猎小狐狸；产崽；生幼崽。；猎狐崽；捕猎小狐狸。
In use
The mother bear cubbed in her den last winter.
This lioness cubs regularly, providing many offspring.
The tigers are cubbing in the protected reserve.
Verb forms
base cub · third person cubs · -ing cubbing · past cubbed · past participle cubbed
cub为规则动词，过去式双写b加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- lion cub
- 小狮子
- The lion cub was playing with its mother.小狮子正和妈妈一起玩耍。
- tiger cub
- 小老虎
- We saw a tiger cub at the zoo.我们在动物园看到一只小老虎。
- bear cub
- 小熊
- The bear cub stayed close to its mother.小熊紧挨着妈妈。
- cub scout
- 幼童军
- My son joined the cub scouts last year.我儿子去年加入了幼童军。
- wolf cub
- 小狼
- The wolf cub learned to hunt from its pack.小狼从狼群中学习捕猎。
- fox cub
- 小狐狸
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cub 音似‘卡布’，想象卡布奇诺小杯里蹲着一只小幼兽。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：体育新手、行业新人 通常用于非正式场合，指缺乏经验的新手，多用于比喻。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'cub' (/ʌb/). Be careful with 'cube' (/kjuːb/) which looks similar but has a different vowel sound.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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