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 whelp [hwelp]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 小狗

vt. 下崽

vi. 下崽




    whelp
    [ noun ]
    1. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

    2. <noun.animal>
    [ verb ]
    1. birth

    2. <verb.body> pup
      the dog whelped


    Whelp \Whelp\, n. [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf,
    Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
    1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a
    cub; as, a lion's whelps. ``A bear robbed of her whelps.''
    --2 Sam. xvii. 8.

    2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

    That awkward whelp with his money bags would have
    made his entrance. --Addison.

    3. (Naut.) One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the
    barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the
    plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.

    4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.


    Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whelped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Whelping}.]
    To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
    some beasts of prey.


    Whelp \Whelp\, v. t.
    To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

    Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have
    loved a thing better. --B. Jonson.

    Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young.

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