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单词 boerboel
释义

boerboel

/ˈbʊəbʊl /
(also boerbull)
noun South African
A large cross-breed dog bred from the mastiff and indigenous African dogs.The terrible death of the boerbull called Boomer has traumatised his owners, who regarded him as a member of the family....
  • Inside their spartan kennels, Scoop, a boerbul, circles frenetically, obsessively pawing at the gate to his pen.
  • Bella, our young boerbul had just spent 10 days at the vet after having her leg shattered in an altercation with a car.

Origin

1960s: Afrikaans, from boer (commonly applied to indigenous plants and animals) + boel, from Dutch bul (as in bulhond 'mastiff').

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