hound somebody to keep following somebody and not leave them alone, especially in order to get something from them or ask them questions追踪；追逐；纠缠 synonym harass- They were hounded day and night by the press.他们日夜遭到新闻界的跟踪。🔊🔊
- The travellers say the police are hounding them.旅行者说，警察正在追捕他们。
Extra Examples- His family accused the media of hounding him to death.他的家人指责媒体将他杀死。
- She was continually hounded by her fans.她一直被粉丝迷住。
- I'm constantly being hounded for autographs.我一直被签名吸引。
- The star claims he is being hounded by an obsessed fan.这位明星声称他被迷迷迷住了。
Word OriginOld English hund (in the general sense ‘dog’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hond and German Hund, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kuōn, kun- ‘dog’.