| 单词 |
slow-hound |
| 释义 |
slow-hound|ˈsləʊhaʊnd| [prob. a variant of slough-hound, with first element assimilated to slow a.] A sleuth-hound. slow hound is given by Skinner (1671) as an explanation of ‘Slouth or Sleuthound’, but is is not clear whether he knew it to be really in use.
1796Lauderdale Poems 97 (E.D.D.), Slow-hound, pointer, tarrier, colley. 1816Scott Antiq. iii, He had the scent of a slow-hound, sir, and the snap of a bull-dog. 1856A. Manning Tasso & Leonora 141 He had tracked it out like a slow-hound. 1865Kingsley Herew. II. iv. 68 It was the contrast between the slow-hound and the grey-hound. |

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