单词 | lapdog |
释义 | lapdogn. A small dog, such as is allowed to lie in a lady's lap. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > pet puppy1486 messana1500 puppet?1531 minx1542 pupprelle1583 lapdoga1684 fan-fan1834 snookums1919 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 425 Those Lap-dogs had so in delicijs by the Ladies..are a pigmie sort of Spaniels. 1709 M. Prior When Cat is Away 56 Nor rats nor mice the lap-dog fear. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 289 The Lap-dog, at the time of Doctor Caius, was of Maltese breed. 1802 J. Wolcot Ld. Belgrave in Wks. (1812) IV. 516 A poor tame thing Just like a Lap-dog in a string. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. x. 211 The pet and plaything..a sort of lapdog to be carried in..coaches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1684 |
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