gun dog
gun dog — 名詞
1. A type of dog that has been trained to help people who hunt birds — it uses its
獵犬
受訓幫獵人尋回獵鳥的狗
A type of dog that has been trained to help people who hunt birds — it uses its sense of smell to find where a bird has landed after being shot, then picks it up and carries it back to the hunter without damaging it.
Gabriela watched as her gun dog, a black Labrador, ran across the field to pick up a fallen pheasant.
Gabriela 看著她的獵犬——一隻黑色拉布拉多——跑過田野，去撿起一隻掉落的雉雞。
gun dog + breed name to identify the type
The gamekeeper relies on gun dogs to find birds that have dropped into thick bushes.
獵場管理員靠槍獵犬來尋找掉進茂密灌木叢中的鳥。
rely on + gun dogs + to-infinitive
Yuna is training her young gun dog to sit quietly and wait for the command to search.
Yuna 正在訓練她年輕的獵犬，要牠安靜坐好，等待搜尋命令。
training + gun dog + to-infinitive
Gun dogs need to be calm, obedient, and comfortable with the sound of gunfire.
獵犬必須冷靜、聽話，而且不會被槍聲嚇到。
Niran bought a Springer Spaniel, one of the most popular gun dog breeds for pheasant hunting.
Niran 買了一隻史賓格犬，這是最受歡迎的打獵用犬種之一。
- train a gun dog
- gun dog breed
- work as a gun dog
- raise a gun dog
- hunting dog
A broader term that covers any dog used in hunting, not only for birds or with guns.
- bird dog
A more informal term used mainly in American English and focused on upland bird hunting.
- retriever
A specific type of gun dog bred to carry shot birds back; not all gun dogs are retrievers, though.
文法句型
gun dog + verb
gun dog + noun
用法筆記
Gun dogs are often grouped by their role: retrievers carry the bird back, spaniels flush it out of hiding, and pointers/setters indicate where the bird is located. The term can refer to any breed trained for these jobs.