| 释义 |
gun-shy, a.|ˈgʌnʃaɪ|
Afraid of a gun; frightened at the report of a gun: said esp. of a sporting dog.
1884T. Speedy Sport iv. 50 The first birds shot at over a gun-shy dog should certainly be killed. 1893S. Bonsal Morocco 210 The Shereefian soldiers are far too gunshy to attack an armed foe. 1893F. C. Selous Trav. S.E. Africa 16 Another..though an excellent horse for a journey, was so gun shy I could do nothing with him. 1894Field 9 June 818/2 The first time I took the dog out he was inclined to be gun shy. 1938C. Day Lewis Overtures to Death 59 He was gun⁓shy, Hating all quarrels. 1957R. Campbell Portugal 116 The gun-shy poets of the ‘left wing’.
Hence ˈgunshyness, the condition of being gun-shy.
1890Q. Rev. Oct. 427 Gunshyness [in dogs] is one of the worst difficulties with which sportsmen have to contend. 1960C. Day Lewis Buried Day v. 91 What caused this gun-shyness, I have no idea. |