单词 | king charles |
释义 | King Charlesn. I. Compounds. 1. attributive and in the genitive. Designating a type of spaniel; (in later use) spec. a small breed of spaniel, having a high, rounded head, short nose, large eyes and long, hanging ears; a dog of this breed, as King Charles spaniel, King Charles's spaniel, etc.The breed is often associated with King Charles II, who was known for his love of dogs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of springer1749 King Charles1780 English springer1808 Marlborough dog1822 cocker spaniel1829 Marlborough1831 Blenheim1839 Norfolk spaniel1845 King Charles1848 Sussex spaniel1856 field spaniel1859 clumber1865 Norfolk1867 Japanese spaniel1880 Welsh springer1903 Tibetan spaniel1905 Brittany spaniel1936 Brittany1945 1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular IV. 31 The small water dog, the dog of Artois, and the King Charles's dog [Fr. le petit Barbet et le Chien qu'on appelle Artois, Islois ou Quatre-vingt], are nothing but mongrels produced by the commixture of the above seventeen races. 1800 J. Anderson Recreations in Agric. II. 241 Perhaps the variety of dogs that can be the most easily and the most quickly fattened is the king Charles's spaniel. 1808 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 28 Sept. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) iii. 382 One of Princess D's great passions..is that for Dogs of the King Charles's breed. 1919 V. Woolf Night & Day xviii. 238 There was a motor-car with an old lady swathed in blue veils, and a lady's maid on the seat opposite, holding a King Charles's spaniel. 1951 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 14 Jan. 4 An automobile ran over and killed ‘Duke’, valuable King Charles dog belonging to E. H. Johnson of the OJC Clothing store. 2016 Winchester (Va.) Star 2 Jan. b5/5 Toast is a King Charles spaniel and puppy-mill rescue with a floppy pink tongue that hangs out of her mouth. 2. King Charles's head n. a fixed idea, an obsession; a subject to which one always returns.With reference to Dickens David Copperfield (1850), in which Mr. Dick is unable to write his memoirs without making reference to King Charles I, whose troubles act as a metaphor for his own. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [noun] > firm opinion, conviction > dominating possession1728 cheval de bataille1818 fixed idea1829 idée fixe1836 King Charles's head1865 fixation1963 1865 Standard 29 Aug. 5/4 This theory is the idée fixé of Whig newspapers;..the King Charles's head they cannot keep out of this memorial! 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 24 May 4/2 I am afraid I shall have to drag in the subject of music rather often in this column. I know that it is my King Charles's head. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 June 436/2 Mr. Leslie seems to find the question of the validity of Anglican Orders rather a King Charles's Head. 1972 F. M. López-Morillas in R. Highfield Spain in 15th Cent. xiv. 441 His King Charles' head was the role played on the first voyage by Martín Alonso Pinzón. 2015 Spectator (Nexis) 23 May This throwing over was the great trauma of Pym's life,..a kind of King Charles's Head to which she infallibly reverted in conversations with dinner guests. II. Simple uses. 3. A King Charles spaniel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > toy > other types of lion dog1774 King Charles1848 English toy terrier1852 Chihuahua1858 Mexican hairless dog1891 affenpinscher1896 Papillon1900 Bolognese1905 Shih Tzu1921 löwchen1969 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of springer1749 King Charles1780 English springer1808 Marlborough dog1822 cocker spaniel1829 Marlborough1831 Blenheim1839 Norfolk spaniel1845 King Charles1848 Sussex spaniel1856 field spaniel1859 clumber1865 Norfolk1867 Japanese spaniel1880 Welsh springer1903 Tibetan spaniel1905 Brittany spaniel1936 Brittany1945 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 589 A King Charles in her lap, a white parasol swaying over her head. 1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 132 The King Charles of the present day is an interesting example of deterioration. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism ii. i. 63 ‘We have two Pekingese, a King Charles, and a pug...’ I answered with some inanity. 2012 A. Linick Doggy Day London Town 231 Tarquin the King Charles rushes up but Fritz, sitting in my lap, has a fit over the intrusion of a stranger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1780 |
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