单词 | borzoi |
释义 | borzoin. A breed of dog, also called the Russian or Siberian wolf-hound. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > borzoi Russian wolfhound1863 borzoi1887 1887 Field 14 May 679/1 The Russian barzoi, or Siberian wolfhound, is one of the noblest of all dogs. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Feb. 7/2 The Grand Duke owns seventy of these barzois or Russian wolfhounds. 1892 Field 5 Mar. 325/1 There seems to be a general feeling among owners of Borzois that the time has now arrived for the successful starting of a special club. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 7/2 The Borzois Club is going to be remodelled, but I am glad to hear..that there is no immediate intention of altering the existing scale of Borzoi points. 1945 C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 30 The Borzoi arrived in England about 1875. 1969 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 236/4 One inevitably comes up with Gollancz's yellow jackets,..Alfred A. Knopf's borzoi colophon, and so on. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1887 |
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