释义 |
ˈunder-ˌshepherd (under-1 6 a.)
1636Massinger Bashful Lover iii. i, I am no glutton, but an under-shepherd. 1669Penn No Cross xii. §8 [The Clergy] could be but Ministers, Stewards, and Under-Shepherds. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 385 Each Pastor,..Choice Under-Shepherds carefully ordain'd. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 468 He had a pet sheep-dog, (for..he occasionally acted as under-shepherd). 1876S. C. J. Ingham White Cross, etc. xlvii, [The rector] had little idea of the true motive power which sustained his under-shepherd. |