• adj. 犬的；犬齒的；犬科的；似犬的
• n. 犬；[解剖] 犬齒
• n. (Canine)人名；(英)卡奈因

來自PIE *kwon, 狗，擬聲詞，詞源同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 ?uo). 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.

犬齒用來咬穿、咬死獵物，還可以撕肉。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The fox is a canine animal.

狐貍是犬科動物.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. She's a specialist in canine psychology and behaviour.

她是狗心理和行為專家.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The canine is impacting on the incisor.

犬牙和門牙擠壓在一起。

來自辭典例句

5. Her lips parted to show her canine teeth.

她撇開嘴,露出兩個虎牙來.

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子