| 单词 | jack hare |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack hare b. The male or buck hare is sometimes called Jack hare. During March (the breeding season) hares are wilder than at other times; hence the proverbial saying as mad as a March hare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > male buck1736 Jack hare1736 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xv As mad not as marche hare, but as a madde dogge. 1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 121 Oberon..grewe as mad as any Hare, When he had sought each place with care, And found his Queene was missing. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 221 The Males are usually call'd Jack Hares. 1783 W. Cowper Epit. on Hare 8 Old Tiny..Who, nursed with tender care,..Was still a wild Jack hare. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 15 For what is Hamlet, but a hare in March? 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland vi. 90 In that direction..lives a Hatter: and in that direction..lives a March Hare..they're both mad. < as lemmas |
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