| 释义 |
ˈhop-dog
[f. hop n.1 + dog n.1]
1. A tool for drawing hop-poles out of the ground. Also a cutting tool used in hop-gardens.
1796J. Boys Agric. Kent (1813) 56 A hop-dog, to wrench up the poles, costs 5s. 1880C. M. Mason 40 Shires 397 The cutter with his ‘hop-dog’ (which has a hook on one side and a knife on the other), cuts the vine near the roots. 1914Blunden Waggoner (1920) 50 Sharpened hopdog, at whose blow The stubborn cluster drops. Ibid. 70 Hopdog, long-handled curved knife for hop-gardens.
2. A green caterpillar which infests the hop-bine.
1872C. M. Yonge P's & Q's iv. 30 The beautiful cocoon which the hopdog was spinning—a delicate apple-green fellow, with white tooth-brush tufts down his back, black velvet slashings..and a rose-coloured feather in his tail. 1887in Kent. Gloss. 1961R. South Moths Brit. Is. I. 117 As it is, or was previous to the modern ‘washing’, common in hop gardens at picking time, it was christened the ‘hop dog’. 1968P. Jennings Living Village 100 There are still people who use expressions such as..hot cat (hairy caterpillar), hop dog (green caterpillar). |
