| 词条 | Spoor (animal) |
| 释义 |
Spoor is a trace or a set of footprints by which the progress of someone or something may be followed. Spoor may include tracks, scents, or broken foliage. Spoor is useful for discovering or surveying what types of animals live in an area, or in animal tracking. The word originated c. 1823, from Cape Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, which is cognate with Old English spor "footprint, track, trace" and modern English language spurn (as in ankle).[1] It is cognate also with spur, the metal tool on the heels of riding boots. By analogy, in politics, "to look carefully on the spoor in the trails" means to investigate what is actually going on in a sensitive situation.[2] See also{{wikt|spoor}}
Notes1. ^Online Etymology Dictionary {{Authority control}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Publishers-Corner-c-2013-04-15-83408.113122-The-only-way-out-of-this-mess-is-term-limits.html |publisher=Legislative Gazette|author=Alan S. Chartock|title=The only way out of this mess is term limits |issue=April 16, 2013|page=4|issn=|date=April 15, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013}} 4 : Afrikaans words and phrases|Wild animals identification|South African English|Political terminology |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。