单词 | scottish deerhound |
释义 | Scottish deerhound in American English any of a breed of tall, slender, swift hound resembling the greyhound but with a rough, wiry coat: orig. used in Scotland for hunting deer Scottish deerhound in American Englishnoun one of a Scottish breed of large, tall hunting dogs having a medium-length, wiry, gray or reddish-fawn coat, originally developed for hunting and bringing down deer, and known as the royal dog of Scotland Word origin [1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acoustic phonetics, boondoggle, cloverleaf, hypercorrection, technical foul |
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