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A corgi is a small dog with very short legs, a long back, and a face that comes to a point, a little like a fox. The two well-known kinds both come from Wales: the Pembroke Welsh corgi, which often looks as if it has almost no tail, and the Cardigan Welsh corgi, which keeps a tail. They were farm dogs that moved cattle by nipping at their heels.
A corgi is a small dog柯基是一種小型犬 with very short legs, a long back有很短的腿、長長的身體, and a face that comes to a point, a little like a fox還有一張有點像狐狸、尖尖的臉. The two well-known kinds both come from Wales兩個知名的品種都來自威爾斯: the Pembroke Welsh corgi彭布羅克威爾斯柯基, which often looks as if it has almost no tail常常看起來幾乎沒有尾巴, and the Cardigan Welsh corgi而卡迪根威爾斯柯基, which keeps a tail則保留了尾巴. They were farm dogs that moved cattle by nipping at their heels牠們原本是農場犬,靠咬牛的腳跟來趕牛
Queen Elizabeth II kept Pembroke corgis for many years, which is why so many people picture that kind first — though actually not every corgi is short-tailed, and not every small short-legged dog is a corgi.
Queen Elizabeth II kept Pembroke corgis for many years英國女王伊麗莎白二世養了很多年的彭布羅克柯基, which is why so many people picture that kind first這也是為什麼很多人第一個想到的就是這一種 — though actually不過事實上 not every corgi is short-tailed不是每隻柯基都短尾巴, and not every small short-legged dog is a corgi也不是每隻矮腳的小狗都是柯基
In English the usual plural is corgis. The Welsh plural corgwn exists, but you almost never need it in English.
In English在英文裡, the usual plural is corgis一般的複數是corgis. The Welsh plural corgwn exists威爾斯語的複數corgwn也是存在的, but you almost never need it in English但在英文裡你幾乎用不到
組成Borrowed from Welsh corgi: cor “dwarf” (from an old root meaning “to cut off”) + gi, the soft form of ci “dog”.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。