单词 | dogtown |
释义 | > as lemmasdogtown dogtown n. U.S. a colony of prairie dogs (genus Cynomys). ΚΠ 1844 J. H. Carleton Prairie Logbks. 26 Aug. (1983) 53 We passed..by that great curiosity of the prairies, a Dog Town. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. vii. 49 The dog town was spread out over perhaps ten acres. The grass had been nibbled short and even. 2004 High Country News 2 Aug. 11/2 Imperiled animals like the sage grouse, the black-tailed prairie dog, and the mountain plover, a bird that lives in dogtowns. < as lemmas |
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