fox

英 [fɒks]

美 [fɑːks]

n. 狐; 狐狸; 狐皮; 狡猾的人; 老狐狸; 老滑头
v. 使猜不透; 把…难住; 使上当; 使迷惑

复数：foxes　过去分词：foxed　过去式：foxed　现在分词：foxing　第三人称单数：foxes　

Collins.2 / BNC.4616 / COCA.6537

牛津词典

noun

狐；狐狸
a wild animal of the dog family, with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face and a thick heavy tail
狐皮
the skin and fur of the fox , used to make coats, etc.
狡猾的人；老狐狸；老滑头
a person who is clever and able to get what they want by influencing or tricking other people
1. He's a wily old fox.
  他是个诡计多端的老狐狸。
漂亮的年轻女子
an attractive young woman

verb

使猜不透；把…难住；使上当；使迷惑
to be too difficult for sb to understand or solve; to trick or confuse sb
1. 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。

狐狸
Afoxis 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.
VERB 难住;使困惑
If youare foxedby something, you cannot understand it or solve it.
1. I admit I was foxed for some time...
  我承认我一度被难住了。
2. Only once did we hit on a question which foxed one of the experts...
  我们只碰到过一个把一位专家也难住了的问题。
3. They're a bit foxed by the colours of the riders' jerseys and hats.
  自行车手运动衫和帽子的颜色让他们有点儿困惑。
N-SING 老狐狸;狡猾的人
If you describe someone as afox, you mean they are very clever and deceitful.
1. Enrico was too good, an old fox, cunning.
  恩里科很有心计，是一只狡猾的老狐狸。

noun

verb

become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
be confusing or perplexing to
1. These questions confuse even the experts
2. This question completely threw me
3. This question befuddled even the teacher
Synonym:confusethrowbefuddlefuddlebedevilconfounddiscombobulate
deceive somebody
1. We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
Synonym:flim-flamplay a joke onplay trickstrickfobpull a fast one onplay a trick on

A fox cannot hide its tail.; Evils cannot be covered up.
狐狸尾巴藏不住。
Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning
即使从远处看，他的狐狸戏服也很抢眼。
The clever fox escaped the hunter.
伶俐的狐狸逃过了猎人的追捕。
He led the way to the lift. Fox played along, following him.
他朝电梯走去，福克斯只得紧随其后。
She worked at 20th Century Fox as a film editor.
她在20世纪福克斯公司担任电影剪辑师。
Fox was making a long parenthetical remark about his travels on the border of the country.
福克斯正在插入一大段题外话，讲他在该国边境游历的故事。
The dog was hard on the fox.
那条狗紧紧追赶着狐狸。
The fox takes his chance with a pack of hounds which may catch him and despatch him immediately.
那只狐狸和一群随时可能置其于死地的猎狗冒险周旋。
By 1920, Fox and Universal were already names to conjure with.
到1920年，福克斯和环球已经声名显赫。
I have to say I didn't even know Fox Lane Police Station existed till about four or five years ago
我必须承认直到四五年前我才知道有福克斯巷警察局。