Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense foxes, present participle foxing, past tense, past participle foxed
1N-COUNT 狐狸 A fox is a wild animal which looks like a dog and has reddish-brown fur, a pointed face and ears, and a thick tail. Foxes eat smaller animals. 狐狸
2VERB 难住;使困惑 If you are foxed by something, you cannot understand it or solve it. 难住;使困惑 [mainly British, informal]
I admit I was foxed for some time. [beVERB-ed]
我承认我一度被难住了。
Only once did we hit on a question which foxed one of the experts. [VERB noun]
我们只碰到过一个把一位专家也难住了的问题。
They're a bit foxed by the colours of the riders' jerseys and hats. [VERB-ed]
自行车手运动衫和帽子的颜色让他们有点儿困惑。
3N-SING 老狐狸;狡猾的人 If you describe someone as a fox, you mean they are very clever and deceitful. 老狐狸;狡猾的人
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FOX | FOX + VERB | FOX + NOUNADJECTIVE➤urban城市狐狸▸➤rural鄉村狐狸VERB + FOX➤hunt獵狐FOX + VERB➤bark狐狸叫◇I heard a fox bark in the dark.黑暗中我聽到狐狸叫。FOX + NOUN➤cub幼狐▸➤hunt, hunting (usually fox-hunting)獵狐