| 单词 | terrier dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasterrier dog a. One of a large group of breeds of dog which are mostly small and active, originally bred to pursue vermin and burrowing animals such as rabbits or foxes into their earths and to flush out or kill them; a dog of one of these breeds. Also more fully terrier dog. Frequently with distinguishing word specifying a group of breeds, as toy terrier, working terrier, etc.Airedale, Cairn, fox, Jack Russell, pit bull, Staffordshire bull, Yorkshire terrier, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] terriera1425 earth dog1600 terrye1608 black and tan1844 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) 5 First y will begyn at Racches and þeire nature..after at Greyhoundes..alauntes..Spayngyels..Mastyfs that men callen Curres..and after at smale Curres and that fallen to be terreres. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 489 Terrere [a1475 Winch. Terryare], hownde, terrarius. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 280/1 Terryer a dogge, chien terrier. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 4 Of the Dogge called a Terrar, in Latine Terrarius. Another sorte..which hunteth the Foxe and the Badger or Greye onely, whom we call Terrars, because they..creepe into the grounde. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. v. 871 An open table for all kinde of dogges..He hath your..Terriers, Butchers dogs, Bloud-hounds. 1648 Hunting of Fox 25 Like so many Tarriars we must fasten upon them with tooth and nail. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 286 The tarrier is a small kind of hound, with rough hair. 1786 Daily Advertiser 10 Oct. 3/1 Lost in Fleet-Street, about Twelve o'Clock on Monday, a slender black and Tan Bitch Terrier. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 5 A rough terrier dog..scampered at large. 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 110 It is a physiological peculiarity..that impels the terrier to its rat-hunting propensity. 1907 R. Leighton New Bk. Dog xxix. 318/1 ‘I have kept the Jack Russell type of terrier for nearly twenty years,’ says Mr. Reginald Bates, ‘and have used them for fox and badger digging.’ 1991 ‘C. Fremlin’ Dangerous Thoughts x. 78 You know, Mum, what Dad's like when he gets things into his head! Worries them to pieces like a terrier. 2010 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 49/1 Patterdales are the local terrier of choice: wiry, beady, and usually black. < as lemmas |
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