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单词 guernsey
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Guernseyn.

Brit. /ˈɡəːnzi/, U.S. /ˈɡərnzi/
Forms: Also 1500s Garnesie, Garnsey, 1600s Gernsey.
Etymology: < the name of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands.
1. Used attributively in the following:
a. Guernsey coat n. = sense 2a.
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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.
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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.
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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.).
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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.
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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.
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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.).
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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.
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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.).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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