单词 | chinchilla |
释义 | chinchillan. 1. a. A genus of small rodent animals peculiar to South America. Chinchilla lanigera, a native of Peru and Chile, supplies the fine soft greyish chinchilla fur of commerce. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Chinchillidae (chinchilla) chinchilla1604 pika-squirrel1884 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxxviii The Chinchilles is another kind of small beasts, like squirrels; they have a wonderfull smoothe and soft skinne. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xliv. 106 Hee is gray; his skinne is the most delicate soft, and curious furre that I haue seene... They call this beast Chinchilla. 1824 Schmidtmeyer in Penny Cycl. VII. 86/2 The Chinchilla is a woolly field-mouse, which lives underground, and chiefly feeds on wild onions. 1852 W. Parish Buenos Ayres (ed. 2) iii. xviii. 310 The beautiful little chinchilla, thousands of dozens of the skins of which are yearly collected..for exportation to Europe. b. Short for chinchilla fur. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > other pelts or furs fawa1200 ruskin1278 grisa1300 grover1310 letticea1399 cristy gray1404 pured?1435 watermail1489 cesil1492 callyvanc1524 wolverine1596 moleskin1652 flix1667 skunk1791 lion-skin1805 nutria1811 chinchilla1824 Alaska sable1869 fisher1879 monkeyc1896 marmot1911 tarbagan1928 1824 Schmidtmeyer in Penny Cycl. VII. 86/2 That which comes from Upper Peru is rougher and larger than the Chinchilla of Chile, but not always so beautiful in its colour. 1882 in Draper's Dict. (at cited word) c. attributive. ΚΠ 1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 251 She also wore a chinchilly tippet. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 75 Chinchilla fur is greatly admired for winter clothing. 2. A cloth with a long nap gathered in little tufts, in imitation of this fur. 3. A variety of silver-coloured domestic cat; also attributive, as chinchilla Persian. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of blue cat1771 chartreuse1838 Maltese1857 Maltese cat1857 Abyssinian1871 Abyssinian cat1871 Russian Blue1872 Malay cat1881 chinchilla1889 longhair1889 Russian longhair1889 Maine cat1900 short-hair1903 British Shorthair1923 British Blue1929 Burmese cat1939 rex1958 rag doll1970 Maine Coon1971 1889 H. Weir Our Cats 136 The Abyssinian Silver Gray, or Chinchilla, is the same [as the Abyssinian] in all points, with the exception of the ground colour being silver instead of brown. 1893 J. K. Jerome Novel Notes vi. 136 The Chinchilla was a lady cat. 1903 F. Simpson Bk. Cat xii. 137/1 Perhaps no breed or variety of cat has been so much thought about, talked about, and fought about in the fancy as the silver or chinchilla Persian. 1935 E. B. Simmons Cats xxviii. 144 A good chinchilla is of a pale, unshaded silver, with green eyes. 1958 E. F. Daglish Pet-keeper's Man. 1 The chinchilla is white with black-tipped hairs on the head, ears, back, sides, and tail. 4. (In full chinchilla rabbit.) A variety of rabbit bred for its fur; also, the fur obtained from this animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > breed or variety of (miscellaneous) Andalusian1854 Belgian hare1867 chinchilla rabbit1904 Havana rabbit1912 New Zealand1917 Beveren1919 rex1928 satin1935 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of rabbit coneya1200 coney skinc1450 coney fur1597 coney wool1630 Angora1763 flick1812 rabbit1906 bunny1950 chinchilla1959 1904 J. R. A. Davis Nat. Hist. Animals VII. lxvii. 243 Some of the races, especially Chinchillas and Angoras, are valued on account of their fur. 1920 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 16 July (Suppl.) 74/3 The Havana (that beautiful brown rabbit), and..the Chinchilla. 1921 H. A. Day Up-to-Date Rabbit-keeping 13 The Chinchilla-Coney..is a new French breed that deserves attention. 1922 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 27 Oct. 430/3 In the autumn of 1919, certain enterprising lady fanciers introduced from France some specimens of a new breed called Chinchilla rabbits. 1927 Smallholder 26 Mar. 123/1 In Beverens and Chinchillas many specimens only moult twice in the year. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 127/2 The Chinchilla was first discovered as a mutation in Serbia and imported into France about 1912... Chinchilla rapidly became the most popular and best selling skin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1604 |
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