| 单词 |
babion |
| 释义 |
† ˈbabion Obs. Also 6–7 -oun, 7 -an. [a. F. babion ‘a babion or baboone’ in Cotgr., ‘a kind of small monkey’ in Littré, who takes it as distinct from babouin baboon, and formed on ‘a radical bab found in babiole’: cf. bauble. It was apparently identified in Eng. with baboon, and seems also to be the immediate source of LG. bavian, Du. baviaan, G. pavian, baboon.] A baboon; an ape; applied in contempt to persons.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. i. i, Neither your..satyr, nor your hyæna, nor your babion. 1610― Alch. v. i. 14 For Babiouns, or Puppets. 1605Drayton Man in Moone 341 The nimble Babion. 1627― Mooncalf in Agincourt, etc. 173 Of all the rest that most resembled man, Was an o'r-worne ill-fauoured Babian. 1624Massinger Parl. Love iv. v, Farewell, babions. |

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