hound

in Vietnamese Con chó săn, con chó nghiệp vụ

BrE /haʊnd/ AmE /haʊnd/

noun / verb en → vi

1 DOG [noun] B2

Con chó săn, con chó nghiệp vụ

a dog that is kept for hunting or used to follow and attack someone

Collocations bloodhound (con chó săn máu)

  • The hound was trained to track the scent.

    Con chó nghiệp vụ được huấn luyện để theo dõi mùi.

2 PERSIST [transitive] B2

Săn đuổi, bám theo

to follow someone or something in order to catch them, especially when this is annoying or unfair

  • hound somebody/something
  • The police hounded the suspect.

    Cảnh sát đã săn đuổi nghi phạm.

3 PERSIST [transitive] B2

Truy cứu, thúc ép

to keep trying to persuade or force someone to do something, especially when this is annoying or unfair

  • hound somebody
  • He was hounded by reporters.

    Anh ta bị các nhà báo truy cứu.