| 单词 | pug dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspug dog 8. More fully pug dog. A breed of small dog with a stocky body and a flattened wrinkled muzzle, frequently kept as a house pet or lap dog; an animal of this breed. Also: this animal represented in porcelain, etc.There may be some connection with sense 1; cf. quot. 16112 at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > toy > pug-dog pug1749 pug-slut1817 mops1890 1702 Inscription on Gravestone of Dutch Mastiff at Dunham Massey, Cheshire Pugg, alias Old Vertue. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Pug, a Nickname for a Monkey, or Dog.] 1749 D. Garrick Lethe 22 A fine Lady..keeps a Pug-dog, and hates the Parsons. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 148 The little pug dog or Dutch mastiff has quitted London for Padua, I perceive...Every carriage I meet here has a pug in it. 1821 Joseph the Book-man 133 My Lady, in her parlour snug, Is still delighted with her pug. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) ii, in Writings I. 11 You'll be thinking of keeping pug-dogs and parrots next. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out ii. 26 Strange ornaments to bring on a sea-voyage—china pugs, tea-sets in miniature [etc.]. 1963 Times 21 May 5/2 A Chelsea pugdog scent bottle, 650gns. 2005 ‘Belle De Jour’ Intimate Adventures of London Call Girl 90 A man walking two dogs—one huge rottweiler, one tiny pug. < as lemmas |
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