| 释义 |
bearskin|ˈbɛəskɪn|
[f. bear n.1]
1. The skin of a bear used as a wrap or garment.
1823Byron Juan x. xxvi, In this gay clime of bear-skins black and furry. 1835Sir J. Ross N.-W. Pass. xli. 547 Natives came..bringing..a bearskin and some clothing. 1855Kingsley Heroes ii. 205 Wrapt in a bearskin cloak.
b. fig. in reference to the torture of Christians by baiting them in bearskins.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 123 The Pelagian Iesuites oppose the Dominicans in this point under the Bears skin of being Calvinists. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 29 If they had chosen to bring our primitive founders upon the stage in a pleasanter way than that of bear-skins and pitch-barrels.
2. The tall furry cap worn by the Guards in the British Army.
[1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxiv, Ensign Spooney..tried on a new bearskin cap, under which he looked savage beyond his years.] 1863Kinglake Crimea II. 338 The towering bearskins which mark a battalion of the English Guards.
3. A shaggy kind of woollen cloth used for overcoats.
4. See bear n.1 8. bearskin jobber, early name of the ‘bear’ on the Stock Exchange. |