spoor

英 [spʊə; spɔː] 美 [spʊr]
  • n. (野兽的)足迹;痕迹
  • vt. 循着足迹追踪
  • n. (Spoor)人名;(荷)斯波尔;(英)斯普尔
GRE
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1. spur => *sper- 'hit with the foot, kick' => spoor "track".
spoor 野兽的足迹,踪迹

来自南非荷兰语 spoor,来自荷兰语 spoor,足迹,踪迹,来自 Proto-Germanic*spur,踢,踩踏, 来自 PIE*sper,脚踝,踩,词源同 spur,spurn.后用于指野兽的足迹和踪迹。

spoor
spoor: see spur
spoor (n.)
"track, trace," 1823, used originally by travelers in South Africa, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, cognate with Old English spor "footprint, track, trace," from Proto-Germanic *spur-am, from PIE *spere- "ankle" (see spurn).
1. The hounds followed the fox's spoor.
猎狗追踪狐狸的足迹.

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