单词 | house rabbit |
释义 | > as lemmashouse rabbit house rabbit n. a domesticated rabbit, (now) spec. a pet rabbit kept inside its owner's home.In quot. 1903 (figurative): a timid or ineffectual person. ΚΠ a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkkk3v/2 Sir Greg. I promise you, not a house-Rabbit, Sir. O. K. No sucker on 'em all. 1667 B. Whitelocke Diary 19 July (1990) 744 Wh[itelocke] sent him 100 Trouts & 3 of his house Rabbets. 1792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. VI. ix. 225 Those [guinea pigs] which are kept in houses have the same bad taste with the house-rabbit. 1847 R. O'Connor Field Sports of France (ed. 2) 133 The markets are very plentifully supplied with house-rabbits of an enormous size, and in very excellent condition; but very inferior in flavour to the wild bush-rabbit. 1903 K. M. H. Caffyn He for God Only v. 38 A great over-fed house-rabbit..with the makings of a soldier in him. 2000 Petcare Jan. 4/1 Although the idea of a houserabbit might seem bizarre to some people, keeping a rabbit as a house pet is really no stranger than keeping a cat or dog. < as lemmas |
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