单词 | shorthorn |
释义 | shorthornn. 1. a. One of a breed of cattle having short horns, originally bred in the north-eastern counties of England and now widely distributed over Great Britain and exported to other countries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > shorthorn breeds Durham1810 Teeswater1810 shorthorn1847 Shetland1849 Lincolnshire Red1897 Lincoln Red1903 milking shorthorn1910 Illawarra1911 dairy shorthorn1932 1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 376 A Sockburn Short~horns from Grassy-hook which should put the best bull of Basan out of the field.] 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 61/2 They have succumbed before the superiority of the short~horns. 1911 B. Holland Life 8th Duke of Devonshire I. ix. 213 A famous breed of shorthorns. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter i. 24 The pedigrees and physical characteristics recorded in stud-books and short-horn books. 1877 Field 17 Feb. 191/2 A society similar to the Shorthorn Society. 1909 Carlisle Jrnl. 27 Apr. 3/4 The splendid selection of shorthorn stirks. 2. A small round carrot belonging to the variety so called. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > carrot tanka1400 clapwypec1425 carrot1541 shorthorn1873 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > carrot tanka1400 clapwypec1425 carrot1541 shorthorn1873 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [adjective] > of or resembling particular root vegetables rabone1597 pastinaceous1657 peach-blowa1849 beetrooty1859 pomato1905 shorthorn1930 mooli1969 1873 Young Englishwoman Oct. 499/1 There are several sorts of carrots: the earliest of which are generally termed short-horn. 1885 W. Miller tr. Veg. Garden (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie) 162 French Horn, or Early Short Horn, Carrot... Root almost globular, or slightly top-shaped. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 26 Apr. (Home & Classroom Suppl.) p. iv/3 Attend to the successional sowing of such crops as peas, spinach,..short-horn carrots, and lettuces. 1976 Publishers Weekly 19 Apr. 77/1 Such virtually unknown and unavailable items as perennial broccoli and short horn carrots. 3. U.S. slang. A new arrival, a greenhorn. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 1888 Outing Nov. 129/2 Besides a few snipe killed at a swamp called by Shorthorns ‘cineky’, from the Spanish sienica, we still depended upon Uncle Sam's subsistence stores for our daily bread. 1905 A. H. Lewis Sunset Trail ii. 34 Don't let no shorthorn have my room. 1907 J. London Road 173 Gay-cats are short-horns, chechaquos, new chums, or tenderfeet. A gay-cat is a new-comer on The Road who is man-grown, or, at least, youth-grown. 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights iii. ix. 321 Th' shorthorn landed head-first in..Charlie's horse-trough. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §456/1 Inexperienced person;..shorthorn. 4. An Air Force nickname for a type of Maurice Farman biplane. Also elliptical. ΚΠ 1913 Aeroplane 30 Oct. 485/2 The new type is likely to meet with the approval of the Royal Flying Corps, who have a high regard for the Maurice Farman, despite their having nick-named it the ‘Mechanical Cow’. Perhaps, owing to the absence of the long front skids, the new type will become known as the ‘Shorthorn’. 1913 Aeroplane 11 Dec. 631/1 The machine is..of the ‘short-horn’ type, without any front elevator. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station 49 Maurice Farman ‘Shorthorn’ 70 h.p. Renault. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847 |
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