单词：whelps
音标：[(h)welps] ；
n. 幼兽, 小狗( whelp的名词复数 )
v. 下崽( whelp的第三人称单数 )
v. 下崽( whelp的第三人称单数 )
n young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
v birth
v birth
whelp的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The female dog bore five whelps.母狗生了五只小狗。
- A bull, finding a lion's whelp asleep, gore him to death with his horn.一只公牛发现一只狮子的幼兽在睡觉，便用角把它抵死了。
用作动词(v.)
- The dog stays home to whelp and raises her puppy.这条狗待在家里生了小狗并把它们养大。
- It looked as if the dog was about to whelp.看来这条狗要下崽了。
经典引文
This unmannerly young whelp Chubbs-Jenkinson.
出自：G. B. Shaw