“anserine”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

anserine

释义

anserine, a.|ˈænsəraɪn|
[ad. L. anserīn-us, f. anser goose: see -ine.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a goose.
1839Blackw. Mag. XLV. 689 The paté de foie gras is the diseased anserine liver stuffed with truffles.a1845Hood Forge i. xi, No anserine skin would rise thereat, It's the cold that makes Him shiver!1855Owen Skel. & Teeth 65 The swan and other anserine birds.
2. As the goose is conventionally (though erroneously) a type of unintelligence: Stupid, silly.
1858Holmes Aut. Breakf. T. (1865) 91 If you expect me to hold forth in a ‘scientific’ way about my tree-loves..you are an anserine individual.

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