lurcher

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher. obsolete
  2. A glutton; a voracious eater obsolete
    — Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh
  3. A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
    — “Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.
  4. A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.

词形变化

lurchers plural lurchers plural

词源

词源 1
From lurch + -er. See lurch (“to lurk, lie in wait”).
词源 2
From Latin lurco, lurcho (“a glutton”). See lurch.
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