| 单词 | gordon setter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGordon setter In full Gordon setter. A black and tan setter (cf. setter n.1 11), used as a gun dog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > setter > varieties of English setter1790 red setter1830 Gordon setter1865 Irish setter1866 Belton1872 Laverack setter1878 1865 Field 7 Oct. 255/2 (heading) The Black-tan Gordon setter. 1865 Field 7 Oct. 255/2 Several of the very best Gordons have even a white foot or feet. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. ii. 27 Three or four Gordon setters, an Alpine mastiff, and two wiry Skyes dashed at their chains. 1907 B. M. Croker Company's Servant xxviii. 278 The dog with the yellow face proved to be the Gordon setter belonging to Major McPherson. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Nov. 939/2 Three setters (English, Irish and Gordon). 1968 E. H. Hart Encycl. Dog Breeds 165 The Gordon Setter. The fourth Duke of Gordon..brought into prominence the black and tan setter of Scotland, which eventually, as a breed, adopted his name. 1968 E. H. Hart Encycl. Dog Breeds 165 Gordons have beauty and brains. < as lemmas |
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