corgi

corgi 指柯基犬，一种体型矮小、腿短、耳朵较大的威尔士牧羊犬。

💡 记忆钩子

把它想成一只“身体像被压低、耳朵却高高竖起”的牧羊犬：矮小的身材和狐狸般的脸是它最醒目的特征，因此这个词通常就指柯基犬这一类犬。

📝 学习建议

先记住它是犬种名称，不要把它泛泛理解成所有短腿狗；具体品种还可分为彭布罗克威尔士柯基犬和卡迪根威尔士柯基犬。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 柯基犬

📖 一种来自威尔士的牧羊犬，身材矮小、腿短，通常有大耳朵和像狐狸一样的脸；现代英语中说 corgi，通常就是指这种犬。

💡 常用句型为“have/adopt a corgi”或“a corgi is + 特征”，谈论养宠物、犬种特点时都很自然。它是可数名词，表示一只时要说“a corgi”，表示复数时通常加复数词尾。不要只根据“短腿”这一特征把其他犬种也叫作 corgi。

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My sister has a corgi with very short legs.

我姐姐养了一只腿非常短的柯基犬。

Corgis are small, energetic herding dogs.

柯基犬是体型小巧、精力充沛的牧羊犬。

corgis plural corgies plural corgwn plural,rare

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组

either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head

同义词集: corgi welsh corgi

上位: canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog 下位: cardigan, cardigan welsh corgi, pembroke, pembroke welsh corgi

🌳 词源

corgi 来自威尔士语，原意与“矮小的狗”有关；英语中的 corgi 是威尔士语名称的简化形式。

PIE word *ḱwṓ Borrowed from Welsh corgi, a compound of cor (“dwarf”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + gi (the soft mutation of ci (“dog”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”), perhaps from *peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)). The rare plural form corgwn is borrowed from Welsh corgwn.

🔄 变式

corgies plural corgis plural corgwn plural

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