| 释义 |
sire
I. \ˈsī(ə)r, -īə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin senior older, elder — more at senior
1.
a. : a male parent : father
< carried almost as many business burdens as his sire — R.J.Purcell >
b. archaic : male ancestor : forefather
< we are wiser than our sires — Alfred Tennyson >
c. : one that produces or originates something; specifically : author
< the sire of an immortal strain — P.B.Shelley >
2.
a. archaic : a man of rank, station, or authority; especially : one who holds the lordship of a domain or realm : lord, master — used formerly as a form of address and as a title (as of the king of France)
b. obsolete : an elderly man : senior
< an aged sire, all hoary gray — Edmund Spenser >
3.
a. : the male parent of an animal and especially of a domesticated mammal or bird — compare dam
b. : a stallion having at least one colt who has won a race
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to make oneself the father of : father, beget, procreate
< sired seven children — Green Peyton >
— used especially of domestic animals
< was mated with 25 ewes and sired 18 lambs — Fla. Agric. Experimental Station Bulletin >
2.
a. : to bring into being : generate, originate
< motion picture industry, sired and nourished by private enterprise — W.H.Hays >
b. : to be the author of (a literary work)
< sired another play — E.L.Wallant > |