释义 |
tigerhood|ˈtaɪgəhʊd| [f. tiger + -hood.] The state or condition of being a tiger (in any sense); in quot. 1846, the post of boy-groom (see tiger 6).
1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 118 Advantages attached to the tigerhood of his establishment. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 34 The true humanity of man as distinguished from tigerhood and spiderhood. 1885W. T. Hornaday 2 Yrs. in Jungle xiv. 159 A splendid specimen every way, just in the prime of tiger-hood. |