“mooner”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

mooner

释义

mooner|ˈmuːnə(r)|
[f. moon n.¹ or v. + -er¹. In first sense rendering mod.L. lūnārius.]
†1. A kind of watch-dog (see quots.). Obs.
1576Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs 29 This kinde of dogge is likewise called..the Mooner: Because he doth nothing else but watch and warde..bawing and wawing at the Moone.1589L. Wright Hunting of Antichrist 16 The dogge called Lunarius, the Mooner, whose nature is continually to barke at the Moone-shine in the water.1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 184/1.
2. One who moons about.
1848[see moon v. 3].1866Sala From Waterloo to Peninsula II. 102 A ‘Mooner’ is an idle, listless, friendlessly inquisitive person, of street-wandering habits.1884Punch 5 July 1/1 The ancient grey Bridge is delightful to moon on, For ne'er such a spot for the mooner was made.
3. One who moons (sense 1 c).
1974[see mooning vbl. n. 3].

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