| 单词 | she-goat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshe-goat she-goat n. a female goat; also figurative, as a derogatory term. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xv. 9 A sche geyt [a1425 Corpus Oxf. she gehet, L. capram] of þre ȝere. 1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. A1v The sucke it receiued from one of his shee-goates. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 175/1 A Musimon.—This Beast is engendered of a She-Goat and a Ram. 1723 J. Chamberlayne tr. J. Saurin Diss. Events of Old & New Test. (new ed.) I. xxix. 228 Taking out all the He-Goats that were ringed, streaked and spotted, and all the She-Goats that were speckled. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 130 The dog..pulled down and throttled one of the Hermit's she-goats. 1991 S. Cisneros Woman Hollering Creek 101 Diego born in Tlatizapán of that woman who calls herself Missus Jorge Piñeiro. Ana María in Cuautla from that she-goat Petra Torres. 2000 M. Fletcher Silver Linings (2001) viii. 206 The [Lambeg drum] ‘heads’ he makes from she-goat skins, those of billy-goats being far too thick. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。