- 1惡犬、雜種狗（帶看不起的意思）
A cur is a dog that people speak of — often a mixed-breed dog that growls, snaps, or hangs around the street. The word is old and sharp; you will meet it in stories more than at a real dog park. Though actually, being mixed-breed does not make a dog bad; the word carries a nasty judgement, as if the dog is low and not worth much. People also throw cur at a man they think is or mean: 'You cur!' That use is even more old-fashioned, like something in a film. It is not a neutral word for 'dog'.
組成From Middle English curre ('watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel'). Perhaps from Middle Low German or North Germanic, possibly from Old Norse kurr ('grumbling'), itself imitating a growl — scholars are not sure. Compare older Dutch and Swedish words for a yard dog, and verbs meaning 'to growl'.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
curnoun/kɜː/
- 1
datedA contemptible or inferior dog.
- A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,
- you have many enemies, that know not why they are so, but, like to village-curs, bark when their fellows do.
- 2
datedA detestable person.
- This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I have not the power to muzzle him.
- "Who 's a cur - now - hey?"
- 3
archaicdialectalA sheepdog or watchdog.
- Then send our Curs to gather up the Sheep
- "He's a good sharp cur," or "a good cur," is said of any dog that barks at strangers and guards his master's property.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。