puppy (intransitive)
这个动词很罕见，主要用于狗等动物产仔，通常不及物，后面不接宾语。
The dog puppied during the night.
那只狗夜里生小狗了。
产仔；生小狗
puppies — third person singular of puppy
产仔或生小狗。
to give birth to pups; to whelp
产仔或生小狗。
To bring forth whelps or give birth to pups.
一般现在时
The bitch puppies every spring.
这只母狗每年春天产崽。
一般过去时
Our dog puppied three healthy pups last night.
我们的狗昨晚产下三只健康的幼犬。
现在完成时
That terrier has puppied twice this year.
那只梗犬今年已经产崽两次了。
puppy 作动词为罕见用法，指母狗产仔；多见于非正式或兽医语境。
Our dog puppied in the middle of the night, and we found six puppies beside her in the morning.
我们的狗在半夜产仔了，早上我们在它身边发现了六只小狗。
用法提示：puppy 作动词，puppied 为过去式，表示‘产仔、生小狗’。
A healthy female dog usually puppies without any help from humans.
健康的母狗通常不需要人类帮助就能产仔。
用法提示：puppy 作动词，puppies 为第三人称单数，表示‘生小狗’。
The vet is watching carefully while the dog is puppying in the delivery room.
兽医正仔细看着这条狗在产房里产仔。
用法提示：puppy 作动词，puppying 为现在分词，表示‘正在产仔’。
这个动词很罕见，主要用于狗等动物产仔，通常不及物，后面不接宾语。
The dog puppied during the night.
那只狗夜里生小狗了。
grammar · medium
易错句子Their dog puppy every spring.
正确表达Their dog puppies every spring.
主语是第三人称单数 dog，谓语动词要随之变化：puppy 以“辅音字母+y”结尾，先变 y 为 i 再加 -es，得到 puppies。汉语动词没有主谓一致的变化，容易漏掉这个词尾。
grammar · medium
易错句子The mother dog puppyed last week.
正确表达The mother dog puppied last week.
puppy 的过去式和过去分词都是 puppied：以“辅音字母+y”结尾的动词要先变 y 为 i 再加 -ed，不能直接加 -ed 写成 puppyed。
grammar · medium
易错句子Our dog will puppies next month.
正确表达Our dog will puppy next month.
情态动词 will 后面必须用动词原形，所以是 will puppy；puppies 是第三人称单数形式，不能跟在情态动词之后。汉语动词没有形态变化，学习者有时会把已变形的形式直接带入。
母狗产下了幼犬
The bitch puppied just before dawn.
母狗在黎明前刚产下了小狗。
产下一窝小狗
She puppied a litter of eight healthy pups.
她产下了八只健康的小狗。
初次产仔
Their two-year-old beagle puppied for the first time last spring.
他们那只两岁的比格犬去年春天第一次产仔。
平安产下幼犬
The young dam puppied safely during the night.
那只年轻的母犬夜里平安产下了小狗。
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