单词 | gun-shy |
释义 | gun-shyadj. Afraid of a gun; frightened at the report of a gun: said esp. of a sporting dog. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > fear of particular things > [adjective] > afraid of a gun gun-shy1884 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [adjective] > of sporting or hunting dog working1577 flying1684 pointing1745 faulting1837 short-running1853 short-working1853 gun-shy1884 trencher-fed1887 trial-bred1948 1884 T. Speedy Sport in Highlands iv. 50 The first birds shot at over a gun-shy dog should certainly be killed. 1893 S. Bonsal Morocco 210 The Shereefian soldiers are far too gunshy to attack an armed foe. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 16 Another..though an excellent horse for a journey, was so gun shy I could do nothing with him. 1894 Field 9 June 818/2 The first time I took the dog out he was inclined to be gun shy. 1938 C. Day Lewis Overtures to Death 59 He was gun~shy, Hating all quarrels. 1957 R. Campbell Portugal 116 The gun-shy poets of the ‘left wing’. Derivatives ˈgunshyness n. the condition of being gun-shy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > fear of particular things > [noun] > fear of a gun gunshyness1890 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > gun shyness gunshyness1890 1890 Q. Rev. Oct. 427 Gunshyness [in dogs] is one of the worst difficulties with which sportsmen have to contend. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day v. 91 What caused this gun-shyness, I have no idea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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