whelp

英 [welp] 美 [welp]

• n. 幼兽；小孩；可鄙的人；扣齿链
• v. 下崽；产仔

英英释义

Noun:

1. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

Verb:

1. birth;

   "the dog whelped"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The female dog bore five whelps.
   母狗生了五只小狗。
2. A bull, finding a lion's whelp asleep, gore him to death with his horn.
   一只公牛发现一只狮子的幼兽在睡觉，便用角把它抵死了。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The dog stays home to whelp and raises her puppy.
   这条狗待在家里生了小狗并把它们养大。
2. It looked as if the dog was about to whelp.
   看来这条狗要下崽了。

经典引文

• This unmannerly young whelp Chubbs-Jenkinson.

  出自： G. B. Shaw

近反义词

【近义词】

• youth 青年时期
• adolescent 青春期的
• pup 小狗
• cub 幼兽
• puppy 小狗
• baby 婴儿
• offspring 后代
• runt 小家畜