单词 | house dog |
释义 | house dogn. In earlier use: a dog kept to guard the house; a watchdog. Later also: a dog kept as a pet. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > guard dog porter?a1425 wap1464 dog keeper1576 mooner1576 warner1576 house dog1577 mâtin1579 defender1607 housekeeper1607 watchdoga1616 moondog1668 yard-dog1795 guard dog1796 big dog1833 tenter1844 junkyard dog1936 prowl dog1974 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > watch-dog or guard dog tie-dogc1290 porter?a1425 bandogc1425 house dog1577 mâtin1579 housekeeper1607 watchdoga1616 watch-mastiff1778 yard-dog1795 guard dog1796 big dog1833 prowl dog1974 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 154v He would haue the house Dogge [L. villatico] to be blacke. ?1628 J. Taylor Dog of War sig. C7 There are but two sorts that are vsefull for Mans profit, which two are the Mastiffe, and the little Curre, Whippet, or House-dogge. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 7. ¶4 She..was..almost frighted out of her Wits by the great House-dog. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii. 400 To love with reasonable subordination their whole family, from their husband to the house-dog. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xl. 366 Briggs was the house-dog whom Rebecca had provided as guardian of her innocence and reputation. 1849 C. Brontë Let. 25 June (2000) II. 224 Emily's large house-dog..lay at the side of her dying-bed. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 24 Of a fox never can you make a house-dog. 1905 H. F. Day Squire Phin iv. 68 Buckle to it! That's what will make something better of you, boy, than Mayo's housedog. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Mar. d6 A house dog barked in the distance. 2007 K. J. Stafford Welfare of Dogs ii. 37 The dogs, identified..as having chased and killed sheep, were usually friendly house dogs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577 |
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