spoor

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /spʊɹ/|/spɔɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal. uncountable,usually
    — We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale must be enormous.
动词 v.
  1. To track (an animal) by following its spoor. transitive

词形变化

spoors plural spoors present,singular,third-person spooring participle,present spoored participle,past spoored past

词源

词源 1
Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”).
Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.
词源 2
Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”).
Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.
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