单词 | guernsey |
释义 | Guernseyn. 1. Used attributively in the following: a. Guernsey coat n. = sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > made of specific material skin coat1533 buff1598 buff coat1633 hair-camlet1676 duffel1852 Guernsey coat1859 rabbit1877 polo coat1880 lammy coat1916 sheepskin1917 teddy bear1925 ranch mink1934 Persian1957 Persian lamb1959 leathers1962 leopard1973 Afghan1974 sable1975 squirrel1978 1859 R. W. Emerson Speech Burns Cent. Boston in Wks. (1884) XI. 367 The poet..of poor men, of gray hodden, and the guernsey coat. b. Guernsey frock n. = Guernsey coat n. at sense 1a. Π 1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 27 Oct. 307/2 Before any of his associates had entered the cabin, he had secreted his prize under his Guernsey frock. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxiii. 126 Our south-westers, thick boots, Guernsey frocks, and other accompaniments of bad weather. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 36 The sailors have dressed him in a Guernsey frock. c. Guernsey shirt n. = Guernsey coat n. at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jumper or jersey > types of > Guernsey Guernsey shirt1836 Guernsey1839 gansey1855 Guernsey or Jersey frock1856 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 184 Two or three fellows in great rough trousers and Guernsey shirts. 1874 M. C. Explorers 53 So you have come to make your fame With pick-axe, in a Guernsey-shirt. d. Guernsey eyestone n. (see quot.). Π 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Guernsey eyestone, the operculum of Turbo pullus. e. † Guernsey flower n. Obsolete a ? Japanese or South African plant ( Nerine sarniensis) with handsome lily-like flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > other non-British flowers Guernsey lily1664 Guernsey flower1677 claytonia1789 Nerine1820 1677 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 30 The scarlet Gernsey flower is in great fame but they will not prosper scarce one in twenty of them. f. Guernsey lily n. Obsolete see Guernsey flower n. at sense 1e. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > other non-British flowers Guernsey lily1664 Guernsey flower1677 claytonia1789 Nerine1820 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 65 in Sylva The Narcissus of Japan, or Garnsey-Lilly. 1764 T. Gray Let. 19 Nov. in Corr. (1971) II. 852 Guernsey-lilies bloom in every window. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 94 The lilia jacoboea, or Guernsey lily, is one of the most beautiful flowers indigenous in this island [Antigua]. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 470/2 The Guernsey lily, a species of the amaryllis, is a native of Japan. 1895 A. Amherst Hist. Gardening in Eng. 282 The Guernsey lily (Nerine sarniensis) which was said to have grown in Guernsey from bulbs washed ashore from a wreck of a ship from Japan about 1659. g. Guernsey lizard n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types provincial1575 elephant1601 roquet1666 scorpion-lizard1709 Guernsey lizard1769 geitje1786 pleodont1840 ngarara1843 sleepy lizard1883 tucktoo1896 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iii. 14 Related to this species [sc. the scaly lizard] is the Guernsey lizard, which we are informed has been propagated in England from some originally brought from that island. h. Guernsey partridge n. the red-legged partridge, Perdix or Caccabis rufa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Alectoris > alectoris rufa (red-legged partridge) French partridge1611 red-legged partridge1678 red partridge1704 bartavel1774 red-leg1798 Guernsey partridge1802 Frenchman1893 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Partridge-Guernsey..Guernsey Partridge..Why this should be called Guernsey Partridge we cannot imagine..It is also..called..Red-legged Partridge. i. Guernsey violet n. the Matthiola incana (Britten & Holland Plant-n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > stock-gillyflower and allies > [noun] stock-gillyflower1530 castle-gilliflower1578 Guernsey violet1578 stock1664 Brompton1724 ten-week stock1785 night-scented stock1849 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. iv. 152 The greater sorte is called in English Garnesie Violets, white Gillofer, and Stocke Gillofer. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 373 The Stocke Gilloflower is called..in English..Garnsey Violet, and Castle Gilloflower. 2. In senses originally elliptical. a. A thick, knitted, closely-fitting vest or shirt, generally made of blue wool, worn by seamen. Also Australian, a coloured shirt worn by Australian Rules players; so to get (or draw) a guernsey, to be selected (for a team); transferred, to be invited, to succeed. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jumper or jersey > types of > Guernsey Guernsey shirt1836 Guernsey1839 gansey1855 Guernsey or Jersey frock1856 1839 Bell's Life in London 16 June 3/5 The Etonian crew were dressed in white guernseys, with pale blue facings; rosette, sky blue. 1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 7 499 An amateur boatman..in a Fez cap, striped Guernsey. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 66/1 The sailors in their striped guernseys. 1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 170 Villers Bretonneaux [was] celebrated, from an early period, for its manufacture of..socks, caps, waistcoats, and jackets or Guernseys. 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. ix. 193 There was Dan in his guernsey on the deck of his boat. 1963 Times 5 June 5/4 The flying gold guernsies of the Australians lit the gloomy arena with their explosive action. 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) xix. 392 Get a guernsey (succeed or be selected, from football). 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) xxi. 428 Success: get (or draw) a guernsey. 1969 Australian 24 May 17/3 Goold..wears either a hacking jacket or a football guernsey with easy grace. b. One of a breed of cattle of the Channel Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of the Channel Islands Alderney1816 Guernsey1834 jersey1842 Channel Islands1843 1834 W. Youatt Cattle iii. 30 Mr. King recommends the addition of one Guernsey to every dozen country-cows. 1890 Daily News 24 June 6/1 There are 169 Jerseys and 81 Guernseys in the show. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578 |
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