释义 |
kelpie/ˈkelpi/n. Sc. [苏格兰] 1 a water spirit, usu. in the form of a horse, reputed to delight in the drowning of travellers etc. 水妖(通常其形似马,据传以溺死路人为乐) 2 an Australian sheepdog originally bred from a Scottish collie (源自苏格兰柯利牧羊犬的)澳大利亚护羊狗 [17th c.: origin unknown: sense 2 apparently from the name of a particular bitch] |