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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Animals, Clothes
fox1 /fɒks $ fɑːks/ ●●○ noun  1. fox.jpg [countable]HBA a wild animal like a dog with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face, and a thick tail 狐狸2 [countable] informalINTELLIGENTTRICK/DECEIVE someone who is clever and good at deceiving people 狐狸,狡猾的人 He was a sly old fox. 他是个狡猾的老狐狸。3. [uncountable]DCC the skin and fur of a fox, used to make clothes 〔用于做衣服的〕狐皮4. [countable] American English informalSEXY someone who is sexually attractive 狐狸精,性感的人
Examples from the Corpus
foxShe's such a fox!Also invoked against eye trouble and foxes.Riding to hounds, taking fences and obstacles along a route dictated by the fox is a very skilled activity.The scornful rider gave the fox no chance to get well away.The whole pack raced behind on the scent of the fox.They ran through field after field, with the hounds all the time slowly gaining on the fox.The fox is merely after its dinner.Whereas foxes eat things other than rabbits, cheetahs eat only gazelles.
fox2 verb [transitive] British English informal  1 UNDERSTANDto be too difficult for someone to do or understand 难住;使猜不透 We were foxed by the problem. 我们被这个问题难住了。2. TRICK/DECEIVEto confuse or deceive someone in a clever way 使迷惑;欺骗→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
foxHis little puzzle of the speed of light has you completely foxed.The shapes, the foxing of hair.Do we leave out dates to fox her?The guy had never foxed him or double-dealt him.The dire light and dark shadows foxed him.He planned to fox them by flying south and going out the same way he came in.
nFox (also Fox Broadcasting Company) trademark  none of the main national television networks in the US. The others include abc, cbs, and nbc. Fox is the newest of the main US television networks, and is part of Rupert murdoch's company, News Corporation.Origin fox Old English
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a with like reddish-brown fur, dog a animal wild Corpus


Fox
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Fox (also ˌFox ˈBroadcasting ˌCompany) trademark
one of the main national television networks in the US. The others include ABC, CBS, and NBC. Fox is the newest of the main US television networks, and is part of Rupert Murdoch's company, News Corporation.

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Fox, Charles James
(1749–1806) a British politician known for his wish to stop the slave trade and his opposition to the taxing of the American colonies(colony)

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Fox, George
(1624–91) an English religious leader who started the Christian group the Society of Friends, who are also called Quakers

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Fox, Michael J.
(1961–) a Canadian film actor best known for appearing in the Back to the Future series of films (1985–1990). He has also worked on television, in humorous programmes such as Family Ties in the 1980s and Spin City in the 1990s. In 1991, he discovered that he had Parkinson's Disease, and in 2000 he started The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.


fox
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fox1 /fɒks $ fɑːks/ noun
 Language: Old English

1. [countable] a wild animal like a dog with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face, and a thick tail
2. [countable] informal someone who is clever and good at deceiving people:
    He was a sly old fox.
3. [uncountable] the skin and fur of a fox, used to make clothes
4. [countable] American English informal someone who is sexually attractive

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fox2 verb [transitive] British English informal
1. to be too difficult for someone to do or understand:
    We were foxed by the problem.
2. to confuse or deceive someone in a clever way


foxBrE /fɒks/ 🔊NAmE /fɑːks/ 🔊 noun [countable] a wild animal of the dog family, with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face and a thick heavy tail 狐;狐狸   see also flying fox, vixen (1) [uncountable] the skin and fur of the fox, used to make coats, etc. 狐皮 [countable] (often disapproving) a person who is clever and able to get what they want by influencing or tricking other people 狡猾的人;老狐狸;老滑头He's a wily old fox. 他是个诡计多端的老狐狸。🔊🔊 [countable] (informal) an attractive young woman 靓女
foxBrE /fɒks/ 🔊NAmE /fɑːks/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they fox BrE /fɒks/ 🔊 NAmE /fɑːks/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it foxes BrE /ˈfɒksɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfɑːksɪz/ 🔊past simple foxed BrE /fɒkst/ 🔊 NAmE /fɑːkst/ 🔊past participle foxed BrE /fɒkst/ 🔊 NAmE /fɑːkst/ 🔊 -ing form foxing BrE /ˈfɒksɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfɑːksɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb (informal, especially BrE) to be too difficult for sb to understand or solve; to trick or confuse sb 使猜不透;把…难住;使上当;使迷惑The last question foxed even our panel of experts. 最后这个问题甚至把我们的专家小组都难倒了。🔊🔊