| 单词 | silver fox |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilver fox silver fox n. (a) a North American variety of the red fox with black silver-tipped hairs, the black fox; also transferred, the fur of this animal, esp. as a fashion item; (b) a fennec, Vulpes chama, found in southern Africa. ΚΠ 1770 G. Cartwright Jrnl. 30 Dec. (1792) I. 76 On Niger Sound we saw a good silver fox. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 148 Canis Argentatus (Silver Fox). 1889 John Bull 2 Mar. 150/1 Bordered..with silver-fox fur and lined with cream-coloured velvet. 1892 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 11/2 Three-quarter capes, quilted lined, trimmed silver fox, $4. 1893 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. I. 559 The beautiful silver, or black fox,..is usually nearly or entirely black, with the exception of the tip of the tail, which is generally white. 1912 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Animal Life Afr. xv. 231 The Silver Fox (Vulpes chama)..is silvery-grey, the underneath parts being tawny in hue. 1936 A. Christie ABC Murders xix. 143 [She] wears very lovely clothes. That crêpe marocain and the silver fox collar—dernier cri! 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie iv. 75 She lunched alone at the Ritz yesterday in a black wig, a battle bowler and her silver foxes. 1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VI. 170/2 The Cape or silver fox is found throughout the drier regions of South Africa. silver fox silver fox n. colloquial a handsome man with silver-grey hair; cf. fox n. 2c.Attested earliest as a nickname. ΚΠ 1953 H. Caen Don't call it Frisco 67 Despite his dashing nickname of ‘The Silver Fox’..Joe wasn't an especially dashing figure. 1974 Bee (Danville, Va.) 16 Oct. 10 d/6 Country music's ‘Silver Fox’, Charlie Rich. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 Nov. The golden-boy politician turned into a silver fox at 50. 2015 Radio Times 27 June (South/West ed.) 4/3 Judi Dench, Bill Nighy et al..are joined by suave silver fox Richard Gere. < as lemmas |
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