• n. 一種活潑的小狗；地籍冊(cè)；國(guó)防自衛(wèi)隊(duì)
• n. (Terrier)人名；(法)泰里耶

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) chien terrier,土狗，來(lái)自 chien,狗，詞源同 canine,terrier,土，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) terra,土， 土地。一種小型獵狗，因喜歡把獵物趕到洞里而得名。

terrier (n.)

kind of dog, early 15c., from Old French chien terrier "terrier dog," literally "earth dog," from Medieval Latin terrarius "of earth," from Latin terra "earth" (see terrain). So called because the dogs pursue their quarry (foxes, badgers, etc.) into their burrows.

1. The tan-coloured dog looks suspiciously like an American pit bull terrier.

這只棕黃色的狗看上去非常像美國(guó)比特犬.

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. I have a fox terrier.

我養(yǎng)了一只獵狐狗.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. It was a little bright - eyed terrier.

它是一條小獵狗,眼睛亮亮的.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Cartledge, Joe, and Catherine Owen. The Complete Illustrated West Highland White Terrier.

卡特利奇, 喬, 凱瑟琳和歐文. 完整說(shuō)明西部高地白色小獵犬.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Breed of terrier developed in the Border country of England and Scotland.

英格蘭和蘇格蘭邊境地區(qū)所培育出的品種.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)