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单词 house dog
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house dogn.

Brit. /ˈhaʊs dɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈhaʊs ˌdɔɡ/, /ˈhaʊs ˌdɑɡ/
Forms: see house n.1 and int. and dog n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.1, dog n.1
Etymology: < house n.1 + dog n.1 Compare Middle Dutch hūsonde (plural noun; Dutch huishond), German Haushund (early 15th cent.), Swedish (now rare) hushund (1577).
In earlier use: a dog kept to guard the house; a watchdog. Later also: a dog kept as a pet. Also figurative.
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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).
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