- 1童話裡農家馬的名字（溫馴的老工作馬）
Dobbin is a pet name for a farm horse — the quiet, slow kind that pulls a cart or a plough and does not hurry. Children’s stories and old country talk use it the way they use Fido for a dog: not one famous horse, but the idea of a kind . You would not name a Dobbin. Today it sounds old and storybook. If you meet it, you are probably in a tale, a poem, or someone joking that a car or a person is as slow as an old horse. The name started as Dobb, an old short form of Robert, with a ending stuck on, and then people used Dobbin as a usual name for a .
組成From Dobb, a medieval short form of Robert, plus -en; the same idea as Bobby. Later it became a usual name for a workhorse.
同家族的字
- RobertDobbin started as a pet form of this name
- Bobbyboth began as pet names for Robert
- Dobbiesame old nickname Dobb, with a different ending
原始詞典資料7 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。
Dobbinname
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A pet name given to workhorses, and by extension, a placeholder name used for any workhorse, much like John Q. Public and other such placeholders are used for people.
- Early automobiles were a menace to old Dobbin
- […] thou haſt got more haire on thy chin, then Dobbin my phillhorſe has on his taile.
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An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States.
dobbinnoun/ˈdɒbɪn/
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An old jaded horse.
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dialectalSea gravel mixed with sand.
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datedslangSynonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
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