kelpie

n. 马形水鬼(苏格兰民间传说中能诱人自溺或预告人们将溺死)

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词形变化

kelpies 复数 kelpies

别名

kelpy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.

    凯尔派

  2. 2.

    An Australian breed of sheepdog.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

kelpy

上位词 2

sheepdog shepherd dog

词源

Possibly from Scottish Gaelic cailpeach or colpach, meaning "colt". The dog breed derives from the name shared by the first two breeding bitches (dam and pup), which in turn derives from the mythological spirit.

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