spoor

• 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

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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