alsatian

英 [æl'seiʃjən] 美

1. breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind

There's a world of difference between a Labrador and an Alsatian.: 纽纷兰拾黄和阿尔斯狼狗之间有很大差别.

He had his favorite Alsatian dog, Blondi, poisoned and two other dogs in the household shot.: 他让人毒死了他心爱的叫做布朗迪的阿尔萨斯种名狗, 又让人枪杀了家里的其他两条狗.

One of their more intimidating customers buys imported pills forand domestic ones for his snarling Alsatian.: 他们的某个更吓人的主顾给自己买了进口的而给他的吠叫的德国牧羊犬买了国产的壮阳药.

In the half light, the Alsatian took on the appearance of a wolf.: 在暗淡的光线下, 奥尔赛梯安狗象一只狼.

Because of animosity in wartime toward anything German, England renamed the breed Alsatian.: 由于战争中与德国处于敌对状态, 英国从新命名它为阿尔萨斯牧羊犬.

复数: Alsatians;

Alsatian 德国牧羊犬

法国地名Alsace, 一战时割让给德国。该犬并非产自Alsace, 因一战避讳提起德国，以Alsatian代之。

Alsatian: Alsatian: [17] Alsatian has been around since at least the late 17th century (although in early use it generally denoted not the Franco-German border province of Alsace but a no-go area in London, near the banks of the Thames, where criminals, vagabonds and prostitutes hung out, which was nicknamed ‘Alsatia’ because of the real Alsace’s reputation as a harbour for the disaffected).

It really came into its own, however, during World War I. A breed of dog known as the ‘German sheepdog’ or ‘German shepherd dog’ (German deutscher Schäferhund) had been introduced into Britain, but understandably, between 1914 and 1918 its stock fell considerably. When it was reintroduced after the war it was thought politic to give it a less inflammatory name, so it became officially the ‘Alsatian wolf-dog’ (even though it has nothing to do with Alsace, and there is no element of wolf in its genetic make-up).

It continued to be called the German shepherd in the USA, and in the latter part of the 20th century that usage crept back into Britain.

2. There's a world of difference between a Labrador and an Alsatian.: 纽纷兰拾黄和阿尔斯狼狗之间有很大差别.