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单词 weather-dog
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weather-dog
weather-dog n. [dog n.1 9.] dialect = weather-gall n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > rainbow > [noun] > imperfectly formed
water-gall1573
weather-gall1621
sun dog1635
weather-dog1758
wind-gall1823
wind-dog1860
1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 17 There appeared in the North-East the frustum of a large rainbow... They call it here in Cornwall a weather dog,..and pronounce it a certain sign of hard rain.
1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. (1881) 434Weather dogs’..are regarded as certain prognostications of showery or stormy weather.
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