terrier
名词 n.
英 /ˈtɛɹiə/
美 /ˈtɛɹiə/|/ˈteɹiə/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).
- A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.
- An auger or borer.
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Someone displaying terrier-like qualities such as determined pursuit.
— One of the LNER dispatch staff is a terrier when it comes to masks, challenging anyone without them.
- An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.
词汇关系
衍生词
Aberdeen terrier
Airedale terrier
American hairless terrier
Bedlington Terrier
Boston terrier
Brazilian terrier
bull terrier
cairn terrier
Cesky terrier
Clydesdale terrier
fox terrier
Irish terrier
Jack Russell terrier
Kerry blue terrier
Lakeland terrier
Ormskirk terrier
pit bull terrier
rat terrier
Scotch terrier
Scottish terrier
Sealyham terrier
Skye terrier
smooth fox terrier
Staffordshire bull terrier
teacup terrier
terrierlike
terrierman
toy fox terrier
Welsh terrier
West Highland White Terrier
wheaten terrier
wire fox terrier
wire-haired terrier
working terrier
Yorkshire terrier
并列词
词源
词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French chien terrier (“terrier dog”), from chien (“dog”) + Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman terrier, from Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”).
词源 3
Compare Latin terō (“to rub, to rub away”), terebra (“a borer”).
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