| 单词 | razorback hog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrazorback hog c. A lean pig with the backbone forming a prominent narrow ridge along the back; esp. (U.S.) a member of a half-wild breed of pigs common in the southern United States. More fully razorback hog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > defined by parts razor-backed hog1836 razorback1845 scissorbill1871 1845 South. Agriculturist July 258 Razor-back hogs and sway-back cattle, and sheep that dogs will hardly eat after killing. 1849 J. Barrow Facts Texas iii. 57 Hogs are a very numerous family, but they are of very indifferent breed, and receive the appellation of ‘razor backs’, which is significant enough of their appearance. 1867 R. S. Hawker Prose Wks. (1893) 149 Prominent among them the old Cornish razor-back asserted his pre-eminence of height and bone. 1886 Catholic World July 555 I contented myself with watching the numerous razor-back hogs that were greedily feeding on the newly-fallen mast. 1901 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 7 176 It is customary in the mountains to allow the hogs, known as ‘razor-backs’, to roam in the woods and fatten on the mast. 1924 J. Masefield Sard Harker iii. 126 It was one of the half-wild razor-back hogs which the negroes allowed to stray in the woods there. 1941 Arkansas: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) 99 Outside the imagination, a true razorback probably does not exist. 1992 Economist 26 Dec. 60/1 Arkansas razorbacks are not pigs; they are hogs, and the distinction is vital. < as lemmas |
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