单词 | small deer |
释义 | > as lemmassmall deer 3. small deer: a phrase originally, and perhaps still by Shakespeare, used in sense 1; but now humorously associated with sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > small animal oryxa1382 small deer14.. mite1594 animalcule1599 insect1601 animalillio1647 minim of nature1667 animalcula1716 beastie1765 beastling1789 thumb1854 14.. Sir Beues (1885) p. 74/2 (MS.C.) Ratons & myse and soche smale dere, That was hys mete that vii yere. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 126 But mise and rats, and such small Deere [1623 Deare], Hath beene Toms foode for seuen long yeare. View more context for this quotation 1883 G. Allen Colin Clout's Cal. 14 Live mainly upon worms, slugs, and other hardy small deer. < as lemmas |
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