| 单词 | goat beard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoat beard goat beard n. the beard of a goat or a beard like that of a goat (cf. goatee n., goat's beard n. 2); (also) (a contemptuous name for) a person with such a beard. ΚΠ a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 703/14 Hoc stirillum, a gaytt berde. 1713 tr. G. Bruno Spaccio della Bestia Trionfante (new ed.) i. ii. 24 All those who are truly and originally Gods, and have a Head for Counsel; excluding all Sheep-heads, Ox-Horns, Goat-Beards, Asses-Ears, [etc.]. 1824 T. Carlyle tr. J. W. von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship II. viii. x. 281 What call you the goat-beard there, with the crown on, who is standing at the foot of the bed, making such a rueful face about his sick son? 1836 Examiner 27 Nov. 756/2 Her mane like goat-beards woven! 1918 Monthly Bull. Calif. State Comm. Hort. Jan. 84 The newspapers display cartoons of the farmer, with a goat beard, chewing a straw and mounted on a pile of coin sacks. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Dec. Bad hair. Dodgy goat-beard. < as lemmas |
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