英语词汇“in musth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. A condition of heightened aggression and unpredictable behaviour occurring annually in certain male animals, esp. elephants and camels, in association with a surge in testosterone level. Frequently in in (also on) musth. Also in extended use.

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1840 C. von Hügel in Annals IV. 195 The state of the Elephant which drives it to madness is termed by the Indians Mosti;..as soon as the keeper of the elephant observes the symptoms of the Mosti coming on, he places before it a vessel..of fluid butter, called Ghie.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xvii. 240 No animal in the world is so dangerous as an elephant in must.

1882 Times 8 Mar. 5/6 After Elephants arrived at the age of 21 they became dangerous at certain seasons, called ‘Must’ or ‘Moost Season’.

1901 Wide World Mag. 8 194/1 A huge, tuskless elephant, in a state of must or periodical madness.

1959 M. Pugh Chancer 35 He suffered from the recurring nightmare that his cameras would go on musth and stampede out of the studios at the second he was due on the air.

1972 New York 1 May 10/3 In twenty seconds she can go from emotional neutral to the fury of an elephant in musth.

1993 Independent on Sunday 8 Aug. (Review Suppl.) 43/1 Musth is brought about by a huge surge of the male hormone testosterone; an elephant in musth is like an athlete on drugs.

单词	in musth
释义	> as lemmas in (also on) musth 1. A condition of heightened aggression and unpredictable behaviour occurring annually in certain male animals, esp. elephants and camels, in association with a surge in testosterone level. Frequently in in (also on) musth. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1840 C. von Hügel in Annals IV. 195 The state of the Elephant which drives it to madness is termed by the Indians Mosti;..as soon as the keeper of the elephant observes the symptoms of the Mosti coming on, he places before it a vessel..of fluid butter, called Ghie. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xvii. 240 No animal in the world is so dangerous as an elephant in must. 1882 Times 8 Mar. 5/6 After Elephants arrived at the age of 21 they became dangerous at certain seasons, called ‘Must’ or ‘Moost Season’. 1901 Wide World Mag. 8 194/1 A huge, tuskless elephant, in a state of must or periodical madness. 1959 M. Pugh Chancer 35 He suffered from the recurring nightmare that his cameras would go on musth and stampede out of the studios at the second he was due on the air. 1972 New York 1 May 10/3 In twenty seconds she can go from emotional neutral to the fury of an elephant in musth. 1993 Independent on Sunday 8 Aug. (Review Suppl.) 43/1 Musth is brought about by a huge surge of the male hormone testosterone; an elephant in musth is like an athlete on drugs. extracted from musthadj.n. < as lemmas
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