Spoor



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 野兽的) 足迹
• ［英］ n. ( 野兽的) 足迹 ( a trail, a scent, or droppings of a wild animal)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural spoor or spoors)

• Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch; akin to Old English spor footprint, spoor, spurnan to kick — more at spurn
• Date: 1823
• 1. a track, a trail, a scent, or droppings especially of a wild animal
• 2. a trace by which the progress of someone or something may be followed

II. verb

• Date: 1850
• transitive verb
  • to track by a spoor
• intransitive verb
  • to track something by its spoor

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