| 释义 |
huntaway, n.|ˈhʌntəweɪ|
[f. vbl. phr. to hunt away (hunt v. 4), which is further illustrated below.]
a. Austral. and N.Z. (See quot. 1933.)
1913[see heading vbl. n. 4 b]. 1933L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 28 Oct. 17/7 Huntaway, a dog whose work is to drive sheep forward when mustering. As a verb the word is used in two senses, illustrated in the sentences: ‘That dog hunts away well’ and ‘I hunt away with that dog’. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 16 May 38/3 Rock, the kelpie leading-dog, and Bruce, the nondescript little hunt-away, had never possessed any aspirations towards leadership.
1954Landfall VIII. 221 Couple of times someone offered him big money for two good huntaways. 1961B. Crump Hang on a Minute 74 They sold..two huntaway pups. 1966Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) iii. 73 A huntaway is sometimes known as a forcing dog. 1968N.Z. News 28 Aug. 16/1 The huntaway barks loudly to shift sheep.
b. Nelson huntaway (see quots.). N.Z.
1941Baker N.Z. Slang vi. 59 Nelson huntaway, a stone rolled down a hillside to move stock below instead of sending a dog out. 1949P. Newton High Country Days 29 Brownie sent a boulder hurtling down the face—a ‘Nelson huntaway’.
Also as v. (huntaway or hunt away).
1931T. A. Harper Windy Island (1934) iii. iii. 217 Vixen had turned her mob neatly over to Rough, who was hunting them away down the mountainside. 1933[see sense a of the n.]. 1934J. Lilico Sheep Dog Mem. 27 The dogs would head, lead, huntaway, force and back. |