| 单词 | strong eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrong eye strong eye n. a sheepdog's way of looking at sheep that produces good control over them; this ability to control sheep; (also) New Zealand a sheep dog having this ability. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > with specific job or character boundary dog1876 leading dog1897 header1903 strong eye1910 huntaway1913 1910 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 24 May One of the best points a dog can have is a good strong eye. By that I mean one that will stand and set like a setter, never taking his eye from the sheep. 1916 Pastoral Rev. 26 326/1 The Border sheepdog, keen, with strong eye,..in their handling of sheep..‘have the wiles of a woman and the will of a man’. 1949 C. W. G. Hartley Shepherd's Dogs ii. 5 The pup is from a ‘strong-eye’ strain. 1952 Arena (N.Z.) xxxi. 2 Shepherding the stragglers would be Charlie's strong-eyes, Beau and Belle. 1977 Field 13 Jan. 55/2 A dog which can ‘will’ his sheep into submission requires what shepherds term a strong (or dominant) eye. 2012 J. Watts Kizzy Ann Stamps 113 An eye stalk is really important, and the sheep's response determines if the dog has a strong or weak eye. < as lemmas |
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