mastiff

英 ['m?st?f; 'mɑ?-] 美['m?st?f]

復(fù)數(shù):?mastiffs;

mastiff 大馴犬，獒

來自古法語mastin,大狗，大馴犬，來自拉丁語mansuetus,馴服的，溫順的，詞源同mansuetude,manual.

mastiff: mastiff: [14] Despite its rather fierce reputation, a mastiff may etymologically be a ‘tamed’ dog, a dog ‘a(chǎn)ccustomed to the hand’. The word seems to have come into the language as an alteration of Old French mastin, which was a descendant of the Vulgar Latin *mānsuētīnus ‘tame’. This in turn went back to Latin mānsuūtus, a compound adjective based on manus ‘hand’ and suēscere ‘a(chǎn)ccustom’.
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mastiff (n.): large, powerful breed of dog, early 14c., from Old French mastin "great cur, mastiff" (Modern French matin) or Proven?al mastis, both from Vulgar Latin *mansuetinus "domesticated, tame," from Latin mansuetus "tame, gentle" (see mansuetude). Probably originally meaning a dog that stays in the house, thus a guard-dog or watchdog. Form in English perhaps influenced by Old French mestif "mongrel."

1. Fish ponds edge of the tree leash their home Tibetan mastiff.: 魚塘邊的樹上拴著家里的藏獒.

2. Talbot, Mastiff and Greyhound - Courage, vigilancy and loyal fidelity.: 塔爾博特犬、馬士提夫獒犬、靈(犭是)-勇氣、警惕以及對信念的忠誠.

3. Cream is not recognized all the international Tibetan Mastiff breed standards.: 奶酪色不被國際藏獒繁殖標(biāo)準(zhǔn)承認(rèn).

4. Rex is genuine Tibetan Mastiff. We traced his genealogy back 10 generations.: 雷克斯是純種的藏獒, 我們查過它的十代族譜.

5. Talbot, Mastiff and Greyhound - Courage, vigilancy and loyal fidelity.: 塔爾博特犬、士提夫獒犬、(是)這是一個字 - 氣、惕以及對信念的忠誠.