mastiff: [14] Despite its rather fierce reputation, a mastiff may etymologically be a ‘tamed’ dog, a dog ‘accustomed to the hand’. The word seems to have come into the language as an alteration of Old French mastin, which was a descendant of the Vulgar Latin *mānsuētīnus ‘tame’. This in turn went back to Latin mānsuūtus, a compound adjective based on manus ‘hand’ and suēscere ‘accustom’. => manual
mastiff (n.)
large, powerful breed of dog, early 14c., from Old French mastin "great cur, mastiff" (Modern French mâtin) or Provençal mastis, both from Vulgar Latin *mansuetinus "domesticated, tame," from Latin mansuetus "tame, gentle" (see mansuetude). Probably originally meaning a dog that stays in the house, thus a guard-dog or watchdog. Form in English perhaps influenced by Old French mestif "mongrel."
双语例句
1. Fish ponds edge of the tree leash their home Tibetan mastiff.
鱼塘边的树上拴着家里的藏獒.
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2. Talbot, Mastiff and Greyhound - Courage, vigilancy and loyal fidelity.
塔尔博特犬 、 马士提夫獒犬、灵(犭是)-勇气 、 警惕以及对信念的忠诚.
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3. Cream is not recognized all the international Tibetan Mastiff breed standards.
奶酪色不被国际藏獒繁殖标准承认.
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4. Rex is genuine Tibetan Mastiff. We traced his genealogy back 10 generations.
雷克斯是纯种的藏獒, 我们查过它的十代族谱.
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5. Talbot, Mastiff and Greyhound - Courage, vigilancy and loyal fidelity.
