单词 | yellow goat |
释义 | > as lemmasyellow goat yellow goat n. now rare the Mongolian gazelle, Procapra gutturosa. [After French chèvre jaune (J.-F. Gerbillon a1707, published in 1735 in the same volume as the work translated in quot. 1736; now historical and rare) and its model Chinese huángyáng (8th cent. in Middle Chinese; < huáng yellow + yáng sheep).] ΚΠ 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China IV. 134 The yellow Goats [Fr. les chevres jaunes], called by the Chinese, Hoang yang..their Hair is really yellow, but not so smooth as that of the common Goat. 1852 Mrs P. Sinnett tr. É. R. Huc Recoll. Journey Tartary, Thibet, & China 108 Troops of yellow goats running to hide themselves in the gorges of the mountains. 1908 Trans. 3rd Internat. Congr. Hist. Relig. I. 118 Dzeren is the Mongolian name for the yellow goat (Procapra gutturosa). 2004 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 14 May h12 During the famines in Inner Mongolia, people started killing rare yellow goats in large numbers..to avoid starvation. < as lemmas |
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