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单词 shorthorn
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shorthornn.

Brit. /ˈʃɔːthɔːn/, U.S. /ˈʃɔrtˌhɔrn/
Etymology: < short adj. + horn n.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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