| 释义 |
Pekin(g)ese, n. and a.|piːkɪˈniːz, piːkɪˈŋiːz|
[f. Pekin(g) (see Peking) + -ese.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Peking.
b. The form of Chinese used in Peking.
c. A Pekingese dog.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Peking; applied esp. to a breed of dwarf pug-dogs with long, silky hair, obtained originally from the Imperial Palace at Peking; Pekingese stitch, a stitch in embroidery.
1849Ann. Propag. Faith Mar. 94, I have been informed that you speak..Pekinese. 1866Leisure Hour XV. 45/2 (heading) Peking and the Pekingese. 1879Good Words 745/1 It is old and stiff like Pekingese Buddhism. 1888Peel City Guardian 14 Apr. 281/5 A singular Pekingese New Year custom is mentioned in the Shen Pao. 1898Kennel Gaz. June 266/2 Foreign Dogs..Pekin Primula..(Pekinese Spaniel). Ibid. July 299/3 Foreign Dogs. Jock (Pekinese Pug). 1902Ibid. Jan. 19/1 In the hurried departure of the Court from Pekin during the late war..not a single Pekinese Spaniel was left to..be annexed as loot. Ibid. Apr. 127/3 In future the breeds will be known as ‘Japanese’ and ‘Pekinese’ only, and neither the term spaniel nor pug added. A separate Classification on the Register of Breeds has also been given to ‘Pekinese’. 1904H. Compton 20th Cent. Dog. I. 261 It is now more than forty years since the first specimens of the Pekinese dog, or lion-dog of China, were imported into England. Ibid. 262 Thirty years had to elapse before the Pekinese dog became—I cannot call it popularised..but rather say, in evidence. 1906Field 20 Oct. 663/2 Pekingese were forward in strong numbers, the best dog weighing [etc.]. 1910Encycl. Brit. VI. 216/2 Cantonese is supposed to approximate most nearly to the primitive language of antiquity, whereas Pekingese perhaps has receded farthest from it. 1914R. B. Lee Hist. & Descr. Mod. Dogs Gt. Brit. & Ireland (Non-Sporting Division) (ed. 3) Add. p. i, Many additions to the classification..have been made... The most remarkable instance..is that of the Pekingese. Ibid. p. v, An ideal Pekingese must have a long coat with a thick undercoat, straight and soft, neither curled nor wavy, the feather on thighs and legs long and profuse. The tail should be carried high on the loins in a loose curl. 1919G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House ii. 81 She has the Ancient Mariner on a string like a Pekinese dog. 192019th Cent. Sept. 384 The Grand Duchess Tatiana carried in her arms her little Pekingese dog. 1931A. C. Dixey Lion Dog of Peking iii. i. 150 The Pekingese is above all fearless and sporting. 1932D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 46/1 Pekinese stitch..is..most effective... A study of Chinese work will show this stitch worked..in fine silks to give beautiful graded effects. 1934M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 159 Pekinese Stitch may be used as a line stitch or as a solid filling where shading is necessary, and is very pretty and braid-like in effect. 1935[see crisp n. 7]. 1950D. Jones Phoneme vi. 17 In Pekingese, too, we find that the difference between the first (high⁓level) and third (low-rising) tones is accompanied by a difference of vowel quality and of length. 1958Proc. 8th Internat. Congr. Linguists 764 Language reform in China covers the reform of the Chinese script and the standardization of Pekingese as the national language. 1960B. Snook Eng. Hist. Embroidery 50 The stitches used [sc. in Black work] include chain, back, sword, Pekinese,..and speckling. 1969Queen 17–30 Sept. 14/2 The hot sour soup..and Peking duck are authentic examples of the subtle art of Pekingese cuisine. 1970Language XLVI. 675 Even though Pekingese is hardly a rugged testing-ground for methods of describing phonotactic distributions..it might offer a very real test for certain kinds of prosodic analysis. 1976A. Powell Infants of Spring iii. 51 A conspicuous member of the household was Pekoe, my mother's pekinese, so huge in size that he was once mistaken for a St Bernard puppy. |