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a spaniel
spaniel 作名词时可数，指长毛垂耳猎犬。
They keep a spaniel as a family pet.
他们养了一只长毛垂耳狗作为家庭宠物。
獚；长毛垂耳猎犬
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獚；长毛垂耳猎犬
a small or medium-sized gun dog with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
They keep a spaniel as a family pet.
他们养了一只长毛垂耳狗作为家庭宠物。
各种中小型猎犬之一,口鼻宽阔,毛长而卷曲,耳朵垂于头侧,培育用于惊起和寻回猎物。
Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.
几种小到中型的猎犬品种,长丝状毛发和长饰耳
any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
卑躬屈膝、谄媚的人。
A cringing, fawning person.
Our neighbor's spaniel loves to fetch the ball in the park.
我们邻居家的长毛垂耳猎犬喜欢在公园里捡球。
She brushed her spaniel's long silky ears every evening.
她每天晚上给她的长毛垂耳猎犬梳理柔长的耳朵。
Those two spaniels are the calmest dogs in the obedience class.
那两只长毛垂耳猎犬是服从训练班里最安静的狗。
spaniel 作名词时可数，指长毛垂耳猎犬。
They keep a spaniel as a family pet.
他们养了一只长毛垂耳狗作为家庭宠物。
复数形式直接加 -s；表示整个犬种类别时常用复数。
Spaniels have long, silky coats and long, frilled ears.
长毛垂耳猎犬被毛长而柔滑，耳朵长而有饰毛。
spaniel 也可喻指谄媚奉承的人。
He is such a spaniel, always flattering the manager.
他真是个马屁精，总是讨好经理。
Not this
She has two spaniel in her yard.
Use this
She has two spaniels in her yard.
spaniel 是可数名词，表示“两只”时要用复数 spaniels。汉语名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉 -s；英语中 two 后面必须接复数名词。
Not this
He is so spaniel to his boss.
Use this
He is such a spaniel to his boss.
spaniel 表示“马屁精/谄媚的人”时是名词，不是形容词，因此不能说 so spaniel。要说 such a spaniel（such a + 可数名词单数）才能表达“他真是个马屁精”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
可卡犬（一种长毛垂耳猎犬）
She adopted a cocker spaniel from the shelter last spring.
去年春天她从收容所领养了一只可卡犬。
斯宾格犬（一种长毛垂耳猎犬）
The springer spaniel flushed a pheasant from the thicket.
那只斯宾格犬从灌木丛中惊起了一只野鸡。
查理士王小猎犬
The King Charles spaniel sat calmly on the queen's lap.
那只查理士王小猎犬安静地坐在王后的膝上。
克伦伯猎犬
A clumber spaniel is heavier than most other spaniels.
克伦伯猎犬比大多数其他猎犬更重。
哀怨乞求的眼神（像长毛垂耳犬的眼睛）
He gave her his best spaniel eyes and asked for the day off.
他用最哀怨乞求的眼神看着她，请求休一天假。
我是你的长毛垂耳狗；德米特里厄斯，你越打我，我越是对你摇尾乞怜。
He is her spaniel, always eager to please.
他是她的马屁精，总是急于讨好。
Use spaniel naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：spaniel 长毛垂耳，专门摇尾讨好——既是猎犬，又指‘马屁精’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：宠物犬介绍、犬类百科、猎犬品种讨论 “spaniel”作“长毛垂耳猎犬”时是普通名词，中性场合即可使用；词典另收比喻义“马屁精”，多用于文学或较旧的表达，日常口语中比较少见。
Daniel (/ˈdænjəl/) rhymes with spaniel: both end in /ænjəl/. Spaniard (/ˈspænjərd/), Spanish (/ˈspænɪʃ/), and span (/spæn/) look alike because they start with 'span' but do not rhyme: Spaniard ends in /ərd/, Spanish in /ɪʃ/, and span is one syllable. Companion (/kəmˈpænjən/) and canyon (/ˈkænjən/) end in /ænjən/, not /ænjəl/, so they are near rhymes only.
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