husky
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈhʌs.ki/
美 /ˈhʌs.ki/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.
— The White House posted a cartoon to X on Wednesday of two Greenlandic mush teams with three huskies each, pointing towards the choice of the white pillars and the South Lawn or a tempestuous scene by the Great Wall of China and Red Square in Russia.
形容词 adj.
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Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
— Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; all these were points against him, but not all of these together could explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fear with which Mr. Utterson regarded him.
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Burly, stout; sometimes as a modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.
— You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]
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Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
— Some swains have sown before: but most have found A husky harvest from the grudging ground.
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Belligerent; hostile and uncooperative.
— “Well, here it is,” said Silver. “We want that treasure, and we’ll have it — that’s our point! You would just as soon save your lives, I reckon; and that’s yours. You have a chart, haven’t you?” “That’s as may be,” replied the captain. “Oh, well, you have, I know that,” returned Long John. “You needn’t be so husky with a man; there ain’t a particle of service in that, and you may lay to it. What I mean is, we want your chart. Now, I never meant you no harm, myself.”
词源
词源 1
From husk + -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".
词源 2
Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo.
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