hare

noun
🔊/heə(r)/
🔊/her/
Idioms
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  1. an animal like a large rabbit with very strong back legs, that can run very fast 野兔
    see also jugged hareTopics Animalsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHare is used after these nouns:
    • mountain
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    Word OriginOld English hara, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch haas and German Hase.

hare

verb
🔊/heə(r)/
🔊/her/
[intransitive] (British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hare
🔊/heə(r)/
🔊/her/
he / she / it hares
🔊/heəz/
🔊/herz/
past simple hared
🔊/heəd/
🔊/herd/
past participle hared
🔊/heəd/
🔊/herd/
-ing form haring
🔊/ˈheərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈherɪŋ/
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  1. + adv./prep. to run or go somewhere very fast飞跑;疾走
    • He hared away down the street.他在街上走开了。
    • She’s always haring off to France on business.她总是很想去法国出差。
    • to go haring around the country去全国骚扰
    • She’d sent him haring back to his apartment, telling him an urgent letter had arrived.她已将他送回他的公寓,告诉他紧急信已经到来。
    Word OriginOld English hara, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch haas and German Hase.