cur
A contemptible or inferior dogA contemptible or inferior dog.
» You're a silly scaremonger, spreading a yarn like this, and a cur to boot for deserting your partner!
Значение
значений: 3(устаревшее, шутливое)A contemptible or inferior dog.
Köter
дворнягаdvornjaga, ша́вкаšávka
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
(устаревшее, шутливое)A detestable person.
Köter
ша́вкаšávka
a cowardly or contemptible person
(архаичное, диалектное)A sheepdog or watchdog.
Примеры
предложений: 1You're a silly scaremonger, spreading a yarn like this, and a cur to boot for deserting your partner!
Переводы
языков: 6Происхождение
From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of MiddlFrom Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, possibly from Old Norse kurr (“grumbling”), itself of imitative origin.
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