spoor的意思

spoor

英式音标[spʊr]
美式英标[spʊə; spɔː]

基本解释

n. （野兽的）足迹；痕迹

vt. 循着足迹追踪

n. (Spoor)人名；(荷)斯波尔；(英)斯普尔

spoor 野兽的足迹，踪迹

来自南非荷兰语 spoor,来自荷兰语 spoor,足迹，踪迹，来自 Proto-Germanic*spur,踢，踩踏，来自 PIE*sper,脚踝，踩，词源同 spur,spurn.后用于指野兽的足迹和踪迹。

spoor: spoor: see spur
spoor (n.): "track, trace," 1823, used originally by travelers in South Africa, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, cognate with Old English spor "footprint, track, trace," from Proto-Germanic *spur-am, from PIE *spere- "ankle" (see spurn).