| 单词 | king charles spaniel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKing Charles spaniel 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. King Charles spaniel b. With distinctive premodifiers to denote different varieties or breeds, as Alpine spaniel, Blenheim spaniel, English spaniel, King Charles spaniel, Norfolk spaniel (etc.). Also †spaniel gentle (see first quot. 1576).See also land-spaniel n. at land n.1 Compounds 2b(a), water spaniel n. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 14 Of the delicate, neate, and pretty kind of dogges called the Spaniel gentle, or the comforter, in Latine Melitæus. 1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 1618/2 They [Canis Hispaniolus] are still distinguished by the name of English Spaniels. 1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 King Charles's spaniel, Can[is] brevipilis. 1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 The hunting spaniel or cocker..,Can[is] index. 1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 The Alpine spaniel. 1845 W. Youatt Dog 44 The King Charles's Spaniel, so called from the fondness of Charles II for it,..belongs likewise to the cockers. 1845 W. Youatt Dog ii. 45 The Norfolk Spaniel. 1845 W. Youatt Dog 45 The Blenheim Spaniel. 1845 W. Youatt Dog 51 The Alpine Spaniel, or Bernardine Dog, is a breed almost peculiar to the Alps. 1894 Daily News 11 Apr. 6/4 There are the usual number of King Charles, ruby spaniels, and Italian greyhounds. < as lemmas |
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