单词 | llama |
释义 | llaman. a. A South American ruminant quadruped, Auchenia llama, closely allied to the camel, but smaller, humpless, and woolly-haired; used as a beast of burden in the Andes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Lama (llama) llama1600 Indian sheep1604 1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 735 An Indian boy driuing 8. Llamas or sheepe of Peru which are as big as asses. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xli. 319 There is nothing at Peru of greater riches and profit than the cattell of the country, which our men call Indian sheep, and the Indians in their generall language call them Lama. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 574 The glama..is an extremely singular animal. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 413 The lama, which may be considered as the camel of the new world. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) viii. 166 The guanaco, or wild llama, is the characteristic quadruped of the plains of Patagonia. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 240 The llama that will carry a load if you caress him, will refuse food and die if he is scourged. b. The wool of the llama or a material made from this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from other animal Angora1763 shawl-wool1774 alpaca1792 llama1864 shahtoosha1868 qiviut1958 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > from wool of other animal Angora1763 toile de laine1833 alpaca1851 llama1864 shahtoosha1868 French merino1882 Cheviot1883 mouflon1962 1864 J. G. Bertram Glimpses Real Life xxv. 244 The hosier's bill is £70—all kinds of stockings, silk,..embroidered, striped, llama,..and otherwise. 1882 World 21 June 18/1 A pink llama was made with a wide flounce of coarse white lace coming from under the scarf. 1887 A. W. Tuer & C. E. Fagan First Year Silken Reign iv. 69 Her [the Lady Mayoress's] petticoat was of llama and gold. c. attributive as llama-cloth, llama-driver, llama-stuff, llama-wool. ΚΠ 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming ii. xvi The lama-driver on Peruvia's peak. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1055 Embroidered Llama stuff. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1083 Llama wool shawls. 1871 W. H. G. Kingston On Banks of Amazon (1876) 109 The coca-bag..was made of llama cloth, dyed red and blue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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