sheep-biter

短语

词形变化

sheep-biters 复数 sheep-biters

别名

sheepbiter

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sheepdog that worries (chases or attacks) sheep.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    A contemptible person, especially one who practices petty thefts.

    贬义 比喻 废旧

词源

sheep + biter (“one who bites”). Figurative term possibly influenced by the fable "De cane oves domini sui occidente, a quo suspensus est" in Hecatomythium by Laurentius Abstemius (later included with Aesop's Fables as "A Sheep-Biter Hang'd" — see quotations).

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