husky
husky 英 [ˈhʌski] 美 [ˈhʌski]
adj. 声音沙哑的；强壮结实的 n. 爱斯基摩狗，哈士奇
名词复数:huskies 比较级:huskier 最高级:huskiest
- If your voice is low and gruff, it's husky. A deep, gravelly voice is husky, and you're husky if you have a large, muscled, heavy body. You might even be a husky person with a husky voice.
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- adj. 声音沙哑的；强壮结实的
- n. 爱斯基摩狗，哈士奇
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1. She spoke in a husky whisper.
她低沉沙哑地轻声说话。
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2. Paddy looked a husky, strong guy.
帕迪看上去是个体壮力大的家伙。
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3. He is a husky boy.
他是个高大强壮的男孩。
- husky (adj.) "hoarse," c. 1722 in reference to a cattle disease (of persons, 1740), from husk (n.) + -y (2) on the notion of "dry as a husk." Earlier (1550s) "having husks, full of 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.
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