单词 | long-ear |
释义 | long-earn.1 1. a. In singular and (usually) plural. A hare or rabbit. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] asseOE sotc1000 beastc1225 long-ear?a1300 stock1303 buzzard1377 mis-feelinga1382 dasarta1400 stonea1400 dasiberd14.. dottlec1400 doddypoll1401 dastardc1440 dotterel1440 dullardc1440 wantwit1449 jobardc1475 nollc1475 assheada1500 mulea1500 dull-pate15.. peak1509 dulbert?a1513 doddy-patec1525 noddypolla1529 hammer-head1532 dull-head?1534 capon1542 dolt1543 blockhead1549 cod's head1549 mome1550 grout-head1551 gander1553 skit-brains?1553 blocka1556 calfa1556 tomfool1565 dunce1567 druggard1569 cobble1570 dummel1570 Essex calf1573 jolthead1573 hardhead1576 beetle-head1577 dor-head1577 groutnoll1578 grosshead1580 thickskin1582 noddyship?1589 jobbernowl1592 beetle-brain1593 Dorbel1593 oatmeal-groat1594 loggerhead1595 block-pate1598 cittern-head1598 noddypoop1598 dorbellist1599 numps1599 dor1601 stump1602 ram-head1605 look-like-a-goose1606 ruff1606 clod1607 turf1607 asinego1609 clot-poll1609 doddiea1611 druggle1611 duncecomb1612 ox-head1613 clod-polla1616 dulman1615 jolterhead1620 bullhead1624 dunderwhelpa1625 dunderhead1630 macaroona1631 clod-patea1635 clota1637 dildo1638 clot-pate1640 stupid1640 clod-head1644 stub1644 simpletonian1652 bottle-head1654 Bœotiana1657 vappe1657 lackwit1668 cudden1673 plant-animal1673 dolt-head1679 cabbage head1682 put1688 a piece of wood1691 ouphe1694 dunderpate1697 numbskull1697 leather-head1699 nocky1699 Tom Cony1699 mopus1700 bluff-head1703 clod skull1707 dunny1709 dowf1722 stupe1722 gamphrel1729 gobbin?1746 duncehead1749 half-wit1755 thick-skull1755 jackass1756 woollen-head1756 numbhead1757 beef-head1775 granny1776 stupid-head1792 stunpolla1794 timber-head1794 wether heada1796 dummy1796 noghead1800 staumrel1802 muttonhead1803 num1807 dummkopf1809 tumphya1813 cod's head and shoulders1820 stoopid1823 thick-head1824 gype1825 stob1825 stookiea1828 woodenhead1831 ning-nong1832 log-head1834 fat-head1835 dunderheadism1836 turnip1837 mudhead1838 donkey1840 stupex1843 cabbage1844 morepork1845 lubber-head1847 slowpoke1847 stupiditarian1850 pudding-head1851 cod's head and shoulders1852 putty head1853 moke1855 mullet-head1855 pothead1855 mug1857 thick1857 boodle1862 meathead1863 missing link1863 half-baked1866 lunk1867 turnip-head1869 rummy1872 pumpkin-head1876 tattie1879 chump1883 dully1883 cretin1884 lunkhead1884 mopstick1886 dumbhead1887 peanut head1891 pie-face1891 doughbakea1895 butt-head1896 pinhead1896 cheesehead1900 nyamps1900 box head1902 bonehead1903 chickenhead1903 thickwit1904 cluck1906 boob1907 John1908 mooch1910 nitwit1910 dikkop1913 goop1914 goofus1916 rumdum1916 bone dome1917 moron1917 oik1917 jabroni1919 dumb-bell1920 knob1920 goon1921 dimwit1922 ivory dome1923 stone jug1923 dingleberry1924 gimp1924 bird brain1926 jughead1926 cloth-head1927 dumb1928 gazook1928 mouldwarp1928 ding-dong1929 stupido1929 mook1930 sparrow-brain1930 knobhead1931 dip1932 drip1932 epsilon1932 bohunkus1933 Nimrod1933 dumbass1934 zombie1936 pea-brain1938 knot-head1940 schlump1941 jarhead1942 Joe Soap1943 knuckle-head1944 nong1944 lame-brain1945 gobshite1946 rock-head1947 potato head1948 jerko1949 turkey1951 momo1953 poop-head1955 a right one1958 bam1959 nong-nong1959 dickhead1960 dumbo1960 Herbert1960 lamer1961 bampot1962 dipshit1963 bamstick1965 doofus1965 dick1966 pillock1967 zipperhead1967 dipstick1968 thickie1968 poephol1969 yo-yo1970 doof1971 cockhead1972 nully1973 thicko1976 wazzock1976 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 no-brainer1979 jerkwad1980 woodentop1981 dickwad1983 dough ball1983 dickweed1984 bawheid1985 numpty1985 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 knob-end1989 Muppet1989 dingus1997 dicksack1999 eight ball- the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) harea700 wimountc1280 wood-catc1280 babbart?a1300 ballart?a1300 bigge?a1300 goibert?a1300 grasshopper?a1300 lightfoot?a1300 long-ear?a1300 make-fare?a1300 pintail?a1300 pollart?a1300 purblind?a1300 roulekere?a1300 scot?a1300 scotewine?a1300 side-looker?a1300 sitter?a1300 westlooker?a1300 wort-cropper?a1300 break-forwardc1300 broom-catc1300 swikebertc1300 cawel-herta1325 deuberta1325 deudinga1325 fern-sittera1325 fitelfoota1325 foldsittera1325 furze cata1325 scutardea1325 skikarta1325 stobherta1325 straw deera1325 turpina1325 skulker1387 chavarta1400 soillarta1400 waldeneiea1400 scutc1440 coward1486 wata1500 bawtiec1536 puss1575 watkin1585 malkin1706 pussy1715 bawd1785 lion1825 dew-hopper- ?a1300 Names Hare (Digby 86) in Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (1935) 6 350 Þe stobhert, þe long-here. 1586 T. Beare in A. K. H. Jenkin Cornish Miner (1927) ii. 52 The Owle must be called a braced farcer, the fox a long Tayle, the hare a long ear, the Catt a Rooker, and the Ratt a peep. 1859 G. W. Dasent tr. P. C. Asbjørnsen & J. E. Moe True & Untrue, & Other Norse Tales i. 3 It was Bruin the bear, and Greylegs the wolf, and Slyboots the fox, and Longears the hare [Dan. det var Bjørnen og Graabenen, Ræven og Haren]. 1893 T. Roosevelt Wks. iv. 89 Away went Longears, running as only a frightened Jack can. 1936 Univ. Washington Publ. Anthropol. Nov. 14 Long Ears (rabbit) was always the fastest runner. 2012 V. Pearson Strange Love 57 Got the shock of my life when old long-ears jumped out at me. b. In singular and plural. An ass or donkey. Also figurative: a stupid person, a conceited idiot (cf. ass n.1 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) assOE brayer1598 long-eara1774 a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 398 The beast..would sell for no more at a fair than his brother Long-ear. 1845 R. Browning Let. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 16 This long-ears had to be ‘dear-Sir'd and obedient-servanted’. 1934 P. Lynch Turf-cutter's Donkey xix. 190 Long Ears wagged his ears, hee-hawed to himself and slept securely. 2009 F. Lynghaug Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide 372/1 The answer to the frequently asked question directed to those who own donkeys, ‘Why own a long ear?’ is ‘Why not?’ 2. Frequently with capital initials. A member of a semi-legendary people said to have once inhabited Easter Island and who (according to some accounts) were distinguished by artificially lengthened ears. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Easter Island > [noun] long-ear1891 1891 W. J. Thomson in Rep. U.S. Nat. Museum 1889 529 This unsatisfactory state of affairs was brought to an end..by a desperate battle, in which the ‘long ears’ had planned the utter annihilation of their enemies. 1919 K. Routledge Mystery of Easter Island xviii. 282 The Long Ears suddenly appear on the island at a much later time. 1958 T. Heyerdahl Aku-Aku xi. 353 The mayor..and his ancestors who had made the great statues on Easter Island called themselves long-ears. Is it not strange that they should bother to lengthen their ears so that they hung down to their shoulders? 1966 Life 4 Feb. 64/3 Luis Atam..traces his ancestors to the Long Ears. ‘I am a Long Ear,’ he said, ‘and I am a strong man.’ 2005 Barnes Rev. (Washington, D.C.) July 18/2 A native told her about the ancient Long-Ears, ‘the men who came from far away in ships’. They saw they had pink cheeks, and they said they were gods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). long-earn.2 Now historical and rare. A variety of two-rowed barley having long ears (often contrasted with sprat-barley). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > types of barley or barley-plant polbere1440 bigg1446 long-ear?1523 sprat-barley?1523 waybent1538 wall barley1548 barley-bigg1552 bigg-barley1562 polbarley1574 pilled barley1578 way bennet1578 wheat-barley1578 French barley1596 way barley1597 rough bere1642 palm-barley1706 Scotch barley1707 square barleya1722 Thor-barley1755 ware-bere1793 barley-grass1795 German rice1828 battledore barley1848 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viiiv Longe eyre hath a flat eyre halfe an inch brode and .iiii. inches & more of length. 1669 J. Blagrave Epitome Art of Husbandry 26 There are three kinds of Barleys, that is to say, Sprot Barley, long Ear, and Bear Barley. 1728 R. Bradley Houghton's Coll. for Improvem. Husbandry & Trade IV. 67 The barley of which we usually make our malt is of two sorts, either sprat, or long-ear, so called from the length of it, or battledore-barley. 1810 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. County Northampton vii. 93 The kind cultivated is almost always the long ear, (hordeum distichion,) but sometimes the battledoor, or sprat barley, (hordeum zeocrithon,). 1967 J. Thirsk Agrarian Hist. Eng. & Wales IV. iii. 170 Long-ear, being a form of hordeum distichum, and having a long, narrow ear and smallish corn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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