beagle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bea·gle /ˈbiːɡəl/ noun [countable] HBADHPa dog with short legs and smooth fur, sometimes used in hunting 毕格尔犬〔短腿软毛，有时用于狩猎〕
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beagle• It was about the size of a beagle.• A beagle with her intestines lying on the concrete, and lab technicians microwaving animals out of boredom.• The beagles reluctantly broke up into knots and scattered across the field.Origin beagle (1400-1500) Perhaps from Old French beegueule “noisy person”, from beer “to open wide” + gueule “throat”bea·gle nounChineseSyllable
Corpus dog with legs used a smooth short sometimes fur, and
Beagle
Beagle, HMS
the ship on which Charles Darwin travelled to South America, where he studied and collected many different types of plants and animals
Beagle, HMS
the ship on which Charles Darwin travelled to South America, where he studied and collected many different types of plants and animals
beagle
bea‧gle /ˈbiːɡəl/ noun [countable]
bea‧gle /ˈbiːɡəl/
noun [countable] Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Perhaps from Old French beegueule 'noisy person', from beer 'to open wide' + gueule 'throat'
a dog with short legs and smooth fur, sometimes used in hunting
Origin: Perhaps from Old French beegueule 'noisy person', from beer 'to open wide' + gueule 'throat'