| 单词 | strong-eyed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrong-eyed strong-eyed adj. having keen eyesight or a penetrating gaze; spec. (of a sheepdog) having good powers of controlling sheep by looking at them. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [adjective] > having particular skills strong-eyed1686 backing1934 1686 H. Grenfield God in Creature 9 Strong ey'd Eagles dare not it behold, Twould blind the Cherubim, were they too bold. 1800 R. Southey History in Ann. Anthol. II. 88 She stood before me in her majesty, Clio, the strong-eyed Muse. 1858 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 24 Apr. 27/1 Mr. Ruskin, the most ardent and strong-eyed explorer the world has ever seen, discovered that Art was only rightly to be seen from a nut-shell. 1912 G. K. Chesterton Miscelllany of Men 114 The strong-eyed man can boast that he sees the sun as a perfect circle. The shortsighted man may say..that he sees the moon as a silver blur. 1916 Pastoral Rev. 26 326/2 To teach the strong-eyed dog to pull requires infinite tact and patience. 1952 J. H. McCulloch Border Collie Stud. 23/1 Breed a strong-eyed dog to another strong-eyed dog and the result may be a very strong-eyed dog. 1975 P. Newton Sixty Thousand on Hoof 202 Don Rogers gave exhibitions of handling and working sheep with a team of five highly-trained ‘strong-eyed’ sheepdogs. 2008 D. Henry in S. Molloy & H. Nadelman Starting Sheepdog 91 Some of the puppies that start working really, really young are your strong-eyed dogs. < as lemmas |
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