单词 | goose-skin |
释义 | goose-skinn. 1. The skin of a goose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > parts of goose-skin1702 goose-bone1708 stomach-pouch1854 1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived ii. 45 Excessive Cold, which contracts the Skin like a Goose-Skin. 2. = goose-flesh n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > hair standing on end or gooseflesh horripilation1656 goose-skin1785 goose-flesha1834 chicken flesh1844 goose pimples1889 goose bumps1933 the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > goose-flesh crispation1710 goose-skin1785 hen flesh1825 goose-flesha1834 chicken flesh1844 goose pimples1889 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 150 A Rugged Skin, such as they call a Goose Skin [L. de cute spissiori, quam vocant anserinam], which is, as it were, Spongie.] 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 157 He draws back when they are addressing him, as if contamination was in their breath, and is all gooseskin at a low bred man. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. ii. 15 Her skin began to rise into what is vulgarly termed goose-skin. 1836 Lady Dacre in A. G. L'Estrange Friendships M. R. Mitford (1882) I. 319 The learning she displays..gives me, what the poor people call the ‘goose-skin’—a sort of vague sensation of awe. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) xii. 279 ‘Horripilation’ or ‘goose-skin’. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 341 The skin is pale, and owing to the contraction of the unstriped muscle fibres, presents the appearance called ‘goose-skin’. 3. A thin soft kind of leather. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > other types of leather redlashOE lasch14.. leather-hungry1478 spruce1570 chicken skina1685 bridle leather1794 russet1813 goose-skin1826 Levant1880 whang1883 Persian1889 nubuck1912 1826 Morning Herald in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 461 The ladies all wore a goose-skin under-dress, in compliment to the north-easter. 1889 in Cent. Dict. 4. The impression made upon copal by the sand or gravel in which it is found. ΚΠ 1859 R. F. Burton Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 437 The ‘goose-skin’, which is the impress of sand or gravel..To clear the goose-skin of dirt. Derivatives ˈgoose-skinned adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > having gooseflesh goose-skinned1845 goose-skinny1878 goosefleshy1894 the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > goose-flesh goose-skinned1845 goosy1857 goose-skinny1878 goosefleshy1894 1845 C. Dickens Chimes i. 6 A breezy, goose-skinned, blue-nosed,..tooth-chattering place it was, to wait in. ˈgoose-skinny adj. affected with ‘goose-skin’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > having gooseflesh goose-skinned1845 goose-skinny1878 goosefleshy1894 the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > goose-flesh goose-skinned1845 goosy1857 goose-skinny1878 goosefleshy1894 1878 M. E. Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World ii. ii. 258 It was the terrible revolver which had already made me feel goose-skinny on leaving Yokohama. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1702 |
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