| 释义 |
▪ I. streaker1|ˈstriːkə(r)|
Forms: 4 strecour, 6 strekour, 9 streaker.
[ME. (Sc.) strecour, prob. a. AF. *stracour (stracur, strakur, quot. 1287): cf. OF. estrac track.]
1. A kind of swift hound for the chase. north.
[1287in G. J. Turner Sel. Pleas Forest (1901) 149 Cum uno stracur nigro. Ibid., Cum duobus leporariis..et cum uno strakur griseo.] 1375Barbour Bruce vi. 487 A sleuthhund had he thar alsua..; And sum men sais ȝeit that the kyng As a strecour hym nwrist had. 1840Colquhoun Moor & Loch 44 If the foxes escape the guns, as they commonly do, ‘the streakers’ are slipped upon them. Footnote. A breed between the largest size of greyhound and foxhound.
†2. Sc. A term of abuse for a person. Obs.
1500–20Dunbar Poems lx. 17 Stuffettis, strekouris, and stafische strummellis.
†3. ? A beaker, goblet. Obs. rare—1.
Prob. a different word, or misprint for beaker.
1694Motteux Rabelais iv. xv. 63 A swindging Streaker of Briton Wine.
▪ II. streaker2
see streak v.2 |