Shortly after we got back to London, I noticed a magnificent model of a foxhound adorning Poirot's mantelpiece.
我们回到伦敦后不久, 我注意到波洛的壁炉架上装饰着一只华丽的猎狐犬模型。
高尔夫球场命案
" Ah, then you no longer despise poor old Papa Poirot? You shift your allegiance back from the human foxhound" ?
“啊,那你就不再鄙视可怜的老波洛爸爸了?你把对人类猎狐犬的忠诚转移回来了” ?
高尔夫球场命案
" At last you have seen the detective you admire — the human foxhound! Is it not so, my friend" ?
“你终于见到了你敬佩的侦探——人类猎狐犬!不是吗,我的朋友” ?
经济学人-文艺
The grandly named Army of the Indus lumbered off to Afghanistan with 58,000 people,30,000 camels (300 for the wine alone) and a pack of foxhounds for hunting.
A foxhound is a type of large hunting hound bred for strong hunting instincts, great energy, and, like all scent hounds, a keen sense of smell. In fox hunting, the foxhound's namesake, packs of foxhounds track quarry, followed—usually on horseback—by the hunters, sometimes for several miles at a stretch; moreover, foxhounds also sometimes guard sheep and houses.