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kennel

noun
🔊/ˈkenl/
🔊/ˈkenl/
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  1. (North American English doghouse)
     a small shelter for a dog to sleep in狗窝；犬舍Topics Animalsc2
  2. (usually kennels)
     [countable + singular or plural verb] a place where people can leave their dogs to be taken care of when they go on holiday; a place where dogs are kept in order to produce young（寄养狗的）养狗场；狗繁殖场
    • in kennels We put the dog in kennels when we go away.我们外出时把狗寄养在养狗场。🔊🔊
    3. see also boarding kennel
    Word OriginMiddle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French chenil, from Latin canis ‘dog’.