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单词 dogs-eared
释义

dog's-earedadj.

Brit. /ˈdɒɡzɪəd/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡzˌɪ(ə)rd/, /ˈdɑɡzˌɪ(ə)rd/
Forms: 1700s– dogs-eared, 1700s– dog's-eared.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dog's-ear v., -ed suffix1; dog's ear n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: Either < dog's-ear v. + -ed suffix1, or < dog's ear n. + -ed suffix2. Compare dog-eared adj.
Now rare.
= dog-eared adj.In quot. 1820 in extended use: ‘shabby, threadbare’.
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society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [adjective] > of book: having leaf corners folded down
dog's-eared1753
dog-eared1767
dog-leaved1842
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxx. 215 He had a dog's-ear'd common-prayer book in his hand, which once had been gilt.
1763 London Mag. May 272/2 High on a shelf, neglected and forlorn, Lay Dictionary, dusty, dogs-ear'd, torn.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 402 A dog's-ear'd Pentateuch. View more context for this quotation
1820 W. Combe Second Tour Dr. Syntax xxxiii. 256 Doom'd to pass their dog's ear'd lives, As ever-moving fugitives.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxiv. 227 A few dog's-eared books upon a high shelf.
1858 G. J. Whyte-Melville Interpreter vi. 39 How I hate Virgil whilst I bend over those dog's-eared leaves and that uncomfortable desk.
1905 V. Colby Jrnl. 10 Nov. in M. H. Carpenter Sara Teasdale (1960) 73 She knew it would be dog's-eared and skinny and flippy-floppy like the Ladies' Home Journal.
1950 C. Garnett tr. I. S. Turgenev Fathers & Sons 160 Vassily Ivanovitch..took counsel with Timofeitch,..pulling out with trembling fingers one dog's-eared ruble note after another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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