单词 | best of breed |
释义 | > as lemmasbest of breed (b) best of breed. extracted from bestadj.n.1adv. (i) Also with capital initials. The animal judged to be the best of its breed in a competition or show, esp. a dog show; the award or title given to such an animal. ΚΠ 1886 R. C. Auld Breed that beats Rec. xi. 120 Winning,..at London, the very coveted great gold medal of the show ; besides the class prizes—cups for best of breed, best of sex, [etc.]. 1892 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 6 Jan. These are the best of breed and will be sold at some price. 1939 Times 8 June 13/4 Mrs. Hubert Roberts's French bulldog..also made best of breed. 1991 Dog Fancy Jan. 87/1 (advt.) Dam is mother of 1990 Specialty Best of Breed. 1993 Dog World Oct. 11/3 Giessel co-bred three of the last five Irish Water Spaniels to win Best of Breed at Westminster. (ii) A product, esp. a piece of computer software or hardware, considered to be the best of its class. Frequently attributive (usually in form best-of-breed). ΚΠ 1984 PC 7 Aug. 300 (advt.) Now you can buy the finest PC compatible boards, accessories and software from a single, trusted source. The Heath Company. We guarantee these to be the best of breed for your PC. 1984 PC 27 Nov. 460/2 Those ‘Best of Breed’ boards come with complete instructions. 1999 Time 8 Mar. 85/1 The Pentium II, whose best of breed clocks in now at 450 MHz. 2000 Red Herring Mar. 91/2 Watch for that next startup coming down the road that organizes its business as a pod, leverages best-of-breed technology, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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