husky的意思

husky

英式音标['hʌski]
美式英标['hʌskɪ]

基本解释

adj. 声音沙哑的；有壳的；强壮的

n. 强壮结实之人；爱斯基摩人

husky 声音沙哑的

来自husk,谷壳。即像谷壳一样粗糙的或谷壳磨擦的声音，形容声音沙哑的。

husky 哈士奇狗，爱斯基摩犬

来自加拿大英语hoskey,爱斯基摩人，Eskimo拼写变体。原指爱斯基摩人拉雪橇的犬，速度极快，力量极大，甚至极端暴力，但现在的宠物哈士奇已经失去了这种野性。

husky (adj.): "hoarse," c. 1722 in reference to a cattle disease (of persons, 1740), from husk on the notion of "dry as a husk." Earlier (1550s) "having husks." Sense of "tough and strong" (like corn husks) is first found 1869, American English. Related: Huskily; huskiness.
husky (n.): "Eskimo dog," 1852, Canadian English, earlier (1830) hoskey "an Eskimo," probably shortened variant of Ehuskemay (1743), itself a variant of Eskimo.
The moment any vessel is noticed steering for these islands [Whalefish Islands], the Esquimaux, or "Huskies,"* as the Danes customarily term them, come off in sufficient numbers to satisfy you that you are near the haunts of uncivilized men, and will afford sufficient information to guide any stranger to his anchorage. *"Husky" is their own term. I recollect the chorus to a song at Kamtchatka was "Husky, Husky." ["Last of the Arctic Voyages," London, 1855]

4. Simultaneously I heard his voice, gruff, muffled, husky, at the hall telephone.: 就在同时我听见了他的声音, 粗犷、低沉、沙哑, 正在用门廓的电话与什么人通着话.

5. There was a husky tenderness in his tone. " Daisy? ": 他沙哑的声音流露着柔情, “ 黛西? ”