单词 | goldie |
释义 | goldien. colloquial. 1. Originally Scottish and English regional (northern). The European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis carduelis (goldfinch) goldfincheOE goldspinka1522 carduel?1530 thistle-finch1589 thistlewarp1598 fool's coata1682 grey pate1728 tailor-warbler1783 redcap1785 sheriff's man1796 goldie?1800 King Harry1824 sweet-william1848 tailor1848 thistle-bird1872 thistle-feeder1904 ?1800 Lintoun Green iii. 26 A goldie's nest it might ha'e been, It was sae round and warm. 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 214 Goldfinch..Gold-Spink..Gooldie. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Goldey, a goldfinch. 1889 G. Muirhead Birds of Berwickshire I. 149 Mr. John Aitchison..says that long ago Crunkley was a great resort of ‘Goldies’. 1919 Quick March 1 Dec. 75 The birds one snared in triumph brought their own punishment. The ‘goldies’ one put in the soap box..looked so small and helpless. 1954 Sc. Mag. Jan. 314 Waste ground with thistly patches was the place for goldies. 1994 Bird Keeper May 28/1 The ‘Goldie’ makes a neat and compact nest from fine rootlets and bents. 2018 BES1943 27 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Chaffinch. Blackcap, Song Thrush, black birds. Also my regular sparrows, goldies and greenies, wow!!! oh a Robin too. 2. English regional (chiefly northern), Scottish (south-western), and Irish English (northern). The yellowhammer, Emberiza citronella. ΚΠ 1865 Zoologist 23 9711 Yellowhammer.—The ‘goldy’ of the Yorkshire lads is a very late builder [of nests]. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Goldey, a yellow-hammer. 1975 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. I. 300 Yellowhammer, [Kirkcudbright] Gooldie. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 150/1 Gooldie, gouldie, the yellowhammer. 2002 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. (ed. 2) 70/2 Gowldy, yellowhammer. 3. A golden retriever. Cf. golden n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > retriever findera1425 retriever1819 wavy1884 golden retriever1908 golden1915 goldie1980 1980 N. Y. Times 24 Aug. s13 Goldies, Registered golden retriever pups... Reservations avail to selected homes only. 1994 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 12 Aug. f5 The goldies romp in the woods and swim in the stream but get a shower on a lower deck before coming back into the house. 2012 S. Meyer Hunting Dogs 42 Another popular and very familiar retriever is the golden retriever, sometimes affectionately known as a goldie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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