n.[C]

1. 小狗；幼獸（如幼虎、幼狼等）
   A bull, finding a lion's whelp asleep, gored him to death with his horns.

   一隻公牛發現一隻獅子的幼獸在睡覺，便用角把它牴死了。

2. 【貶】（指孩童）崽子
   I had no idea what to do with this whelp.

   我完全不知道該把這個崽子怎麼辦。

vt.

1. （尤指母狗）下（崽）
   The dog stayed home to whelp and raise her puppies.

   這條狗待在家裡生了小狗並把它們養大。

vi.

1. 下崽；生幼獸
   It looked as if the dog was about to whelp.

   看來這條狗要下崽了。

n.

1. a puppy.
   ▸a cub.
2. derogatory a boy or young man.
3. (whelps) a set of projections on the barrel of a capstan or windlass.

v.