Canine

canine







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a. (形容詞 adjective)[Z]



          1.    犬的,狗的;似犬的

          2.    犬科的

                      The fox is a canine animal.

                      狐狸是犬科動物。

          3.    犬齒的



n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    犬,狗

          2.    犬科動物

          3.    犬齒





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

 

canine (n.)   

 

is sometimes objected to as pretentious, when just plain dog would be simpler (you don’t say "nice canine, good canine"), 



but sometimes you really do need a more general word than dog: The world’s canines, after all, include both wolves and dogs, as the world’s dogs do not. 



And canine loyalty has a different tone from doggy loyalty or doglike loyalty. 





　Their graphic deaths and dismemberments might have given the ASPCA fits if it weren't for the short that accompanies the video and DVD release, which illustrates the "canine actors" at work and demonstrates the methods of bloodying them without actually hurting them.