英语词汇“spaniel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

spaniel

/ˈspanj(ə)l

noun

1A dog of a breed with a long silky coat and drooping ears.In the Middle Ages, a type of spaniel was bred, the ancestor of some of our modern spaniels, that would naturally crouch when it located game....

I have also seen under-exercised dogs, spaniels in particular, lie around in a depressed and emotionally blackmailing way, glancing with sad brown eyes out of the window until you give in and throw yourself into a gale force 9.
The feet should be examined daily, especially the hairy types of dog such as spaniels, for the presence of thorns.

1.1Used as a symbol of devotion or obsequiousness: [as modifier]: oh stop looking at me with those spaniel eyes

Origin

Middle English: from Old French espaigneul 'Spanish (dog)', from Latin Hispaniolus 'Spanish'.

The Spanish origin of this breed is shown in the name, which is a form of Old French espaigneul ‘Spanish [dog]’. The breed had long had a reputation for its submissive nature, and is first found used as an adjective in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar ‘Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning.’ This sense is most often found today in the expression Spaniel eyes.

单词	spaniel
释义	spaniel /ˈspanj(ə)l / noun 1A dog of a breed with a long silky coat and drooping ears.In the Middle Ages, a type of spaniel was bred, the ancestor of some of our modern spaniels, that would naturally crouch when it located game.... I have also seen under-exercised dogs, spaniels in particular, lie around in a depressed and emotionally blackmailing way, glancing with sad brown eyes out of the window until you give in and throw yourself into a gale force 9. The feet should be examined daily, especially the hairy types of dog such as spaniels, for the presence of thorns. 1.1Used as a symbol of devotion or obsequiousness: [as modifier]: oh stop looking at me with those spaniel eyes Origin Middle English: from Old French espaigneul 'Spanish (dog)', from Latin Hispaniolus 'Spanish'. The Spanish origin of this breed is shown in the name, which is a form of Old French espaigneul ‘Spanish [dog]’. The breed had long had a reputation for its submissive nature, and is first found used as an adjective in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar ‘Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning.’ This sense is most often found today in the expression Spaniel eyes. Rhymes Daniel
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