| 单词 | thoroughbredness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈthoroughˌbredness ˈthoroughˌbredness n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed lineagea1500 breed1553 seminary1607 strain1607 thoroughbredness1846 1846 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 510/1 His entire appearance was characterized by a delicacy, a gentleness, a thoroughbredness of manner which one looks for and finds in an Arabian steed. 1894 E. Banks Campaigns Curiosity 127 As regards the thorough-bredness of my black poodle. a1916 J. London Michael, Brother of Jerry (1917) xxxvi. 327 The animal balked the take-off each time, and the hot thoroughbredness in its veins made it sweat and lather. 2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 May sp6 As a longtime very ambivalent fan of horse racing and a lover of thoroughbreds, I can't help seeing what happened as a kind of paradigm of Thoroughbredness. < as lemmas |
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