| 单词 | german shepherd dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGerman shepherd dog German shepherd n. any of various types of dog used for herding and protecting sheep in Germany (cf. German sheepdog n.); (in later use) spec. a large dog of a breed created in Germany in the late 19th cent. as a working sheepdog, but now used for many other purposes (police work, obedience work, etc.), typically having a short black and tan coat, head with a long, strong muzzle and erect ears, and a long back sloping slightly downwards from shoulders to rump; frequently attributive, esp. in German shepherd dog; cf. Alsatian n. 3. [In specific sense after German Deutscher Schäferhund, lit. ‘German shepherd dog’ (1889 or earlier as the name of a breed similar to the modern one; occasionally earlier in the more general sense (1833 or earlier)). Compare earlier German sheepdog n.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > German shepherd police dog1836 German shepherd1852 Alsatian1920 German sheepdog1922 shepherd1938 1852 Ohio Cultivator 8 339/1 My dog is of the German shepherd species. 1881 Poultry Monthly (Albany, N.Y.) Sept. 145/3 There should be a distinction made between the English sheep dog, German shepherd and the Scotch Colley. 1914 Dog Fancier Jan. 11/1 The German Shepherd Dog has attracted the attention of the whole New York society world, as to his wonderful intelligence and adaptability and many of them are now in use by the police department of that city. 1956 T. Williams Let. 20 Apr. in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 134 Unfortunately he has his heart set on a big one, such as a German shepherd or chow, and I only like little dogs with funny faces and figures. 2005 New Yorker 23 May 56/1 He preferred other titles for himself, such as..‘Commander of Military Dog Training’ (a reference to the German shepherd that always accompanied him). < as lemmas |
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