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单词 well-haired
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well-hairedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈhɛːd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈhɛ(ə)rd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and haired adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., haired adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + haired adj.
Chiefly of an animal or part of an animal: having a thick or extensive growth of hair; hairy. Also occasionally: having attractive or well-groomed hair.
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c1465 Care of Horses (Yale Beinecke 163) f. 50 He is best next with a white mane and with a white taille and þt he be well herid on the furthir eye.
1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell 2 His hoofes or clawes on his feete to be large and broade vnder foote, his tayle long, and well hayred.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 339 Whom first, faire well-haird Charis [Gk. Χάρις λιπαροκρήδεμνος] saw.
1685 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Praise of York-shire Ale 76 As weel hair'd as thy sell.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. 13/1 A good skin well haired is sold for guinea.
1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. iii. 29 They are not large, but remarkable well shaped, well haired, and hardy.
1815 J. Little Pract. Observ. Improvem. & Managem. Mountain Sheep 149 Galloway Cattle are clean-boned, well haired, good feeders, [etc.].
1897 O. Thomas in Proc. Zool. Soc. 434 Tail well-haired.
1953 Jet 8 Oct. 20 These big, strong, brutish behemoths are well-haired bodily, but as slick as a cueball on top of their heads.
2000 Jrnl. Mammalogy 81 22/2 Feet are well-haired on upper surfaces in both Tapecomys and Andinomys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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