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单词 goose-skin
释义

goose-skinn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgoose-skin.
1. The skin of a goose.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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’.
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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).
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