| 释义 |
dassie S. Afr.|ˈdæsɪ, ˈdasɪ|
Also dasje, dassi.
[Afrikaans: see dassy.]
1. = das 2, dassy.
1814J. Pinkerton tr. Thunberg's Acct. Cape of Good Hope XVI. 129 The uppermost covers himself with the skin of a Dassi (cavia capensis), to keep out the cold and bad weather. 1828J. Philip Res. S. Afr. I. ii. 27 Their Sonquaas (soldiers)..wander daily in the fields to catch dasjés, jackals, and other animals. 1835Andrew Smith Diary 10 July (1940) II. 106 The dassie chews the cud. 1866J. Leyland Adv. S. Afr. iii. 118 In these mountains I also saw the Dassi (Hyrax Capensis), or Rock Rabbit of the Cape. 1902[see sense 2]. 1931Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Aug. iv/3 Hyraxes, known also as ‘Dassies’, or ‘Rock-rabbits’, the conies of the Bible. 1946Cape Times 28 Aug. 7/6 Eagles, Cape dassies, the mongoose. 1952Ibid. 22 Nov. 4/6 A whole colony of dassies (rock-rabbits).
2. The sea-fish Diplodus sargus (family Sparidæ); black-tail.
1853L. Pappe Edible Fishes Cape G.H. 22 Cantharus Emarginatus..Dasje..Rare in Table Bay, but more frequently caught in the several Bays to the East of the Cape. 1902Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. XI. 220 The Dasje might also with a little stretch of the imagination be likened to the rabbit or dassie, from its general shape, and this is the name by which it is known in Cape Town, Hout Bay, and Kalk Bay. 1930C. L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes of Cape xii. 199 Dassie are often caught that when taken from the water are silvery. |