husky

husky1
(huskier, huskiest)
  1. (of a voice or utterance) sounding low-pitched and slightly hoarse
    (声音,话语)粗糙刺耳的;嘶哑的
  2. strong; hefty
    强壮的;高大的
    Paddy looked a husky, strong guy.
    帕迪看上去是个体壮力大的家伙。
  3. like or consisting of a husk or husks
    似(空)壳的;有壳的;壳的;多壳的
派生
huskily
adverb
huskiness
noun

husky2
(pl. -ies)
  1. a powerful dog of a breed with a thick double coat which is typically grey, used in the Arctic for pulling sledges
    (在北极地区用于拉雪橇的)爱斯基摩狗
语源
  1. mid 19th cent. (originally denoting the Eskimo language or an Eskimo): abbreviation of obsolete Ehuskemay or Newfoundland dialect Huskemaw 'Eskimo', probably from Montagnais (see Eskimo). The term replaced the 18th-cent. term Eskimo dog
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