单词 | feist |
释义 | feist[faist]n. 小狗 feist feist AHD: [fºst] 也作 fice [fºs] D.J. [fa!st] 也作 fice [fa!s]K.K. [fa!st] 也作 fice [fa!s]n.Chiefly Southern U.S. (名词)【多用于美国南部】 A small mongrel dog.一种杂种小狗语源:1. Variant of obsolete fist 废语 fist的变体 2. short for fisting dog fisting dog的简写 3. from Middle English fisten [to break wind] * see pezd- 源自 中古英语 fisten [放屁] *参见 pezd- 注释:Feist, also fice, is one of several regional terms for a small mixed-breed dog or mongrel. Used throughout the Midland and Southern states, feist connotes a snappy, nervous, belligerent little dog—hence the derived adjective feisty, meaning “touchy, quarrelsome, or spirited,” applicable to animals and to people. Feist, 也作 fice, 是对一种小的混血狗或谱系不名的狗的最初几种叫法之一。用于英国中部地带和南部地区, feist 意指一种暴躁的、不安的或好战的小狗——由此而得的形容词 feisty, 意思是“暴躁的、好争吵的或者勇猛的,”指人和动物 |
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