Word · Frequency #19186
spaniels
獚；长毛垂耳猎犬
spaniels is the plural of spaniel.
a small or medium-sized gun dog with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
- 1.
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.
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。
- 2.
any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
几种小到中型的猎犬品种,长丝状毛发和长饰耳
- 3.
A cringing, fawning person.
卑躬屈膝、谄媚的人。
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。；几种小到中型的猎犬品种,长丝状毛发和长饰耳；卑躬屈膝、谄媚的人。；一种长毛垂耳狗；马屁精
In use
Our neighbor's spaniel loves to fetch the ball in the park.
She brushed her spaniel's long silky ears every evening.
Those two spaniels are the calmest dogs in the obedience class.
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。
spaniels
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。
be a spaniel
spaniel 也可喻指谄媚奉承的人。
Connections
Collocations
- cocker spaniel
- 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。
- springer spaniel
- 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。
- King Charles spaniel
- 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。
- clumber spaniel
- 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。
- spaniel eyes
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：spaniel 长毛垂耳，专门摇尾讨好——既是猎犬，又指‘马屁精’。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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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