canine

英['keɪnaɪn;'kæ-] 美['kenaɪn]

反义词

复数: canines;

canine 犬的

来自PIE *kwon, 狗，拟声词，词源同canary, cynic.

canine: canine: see kennel
canine (n.): "pointed tooth," late 14c., from Latin caninus "of the dog," genitive of canis "dog" (source of Italian cane, French chien), from PIE root *kwon- "dog" (cognates: Greek kyon, Old English hund, Old High German hunt, Old Irish cu, Welsh ci, Sanskrit svan-, Avestan spa, Russian sobaka (apparently from an Iranian source, such as Median spaka), Armenian shun, Lithuanian šuo). The noun meaning "dog" is first recorded 1869.
canine (adj.): c. 1600, of teeth, from canine (n.) or Latin caninus. Meaning "pertaining to a dog or dogs" is from 1620s.

1. Canine teeth are for piercing and killing prey, and tearing flesh.: 犬齿用来咬穿、咬死猎物，还可以撕肉。