Jack Russel Terrier

汪星人秘史：12種狗狗的名字和來(lái)源（上）

Jack Russell terrier
杰克拉西爾梗

‘Jack Russell’ owners must sometimes wonder who it is that their dog is named after. Jack Russell, as it turns out, was an English parson known as the ‘The Sporting Parson’, who began to breed terriers for sport in the first half of the 19th century.
杰克拉西爾梗的主人或許有時(shí)很想知道他們狗狗的名字來(lái)源。Jack Russell，聽(tīng)起來(lái)就是一個(gè)就像是“愛(ài)好運(yùn)動(dòng)的牧師”那樣的英國(guó)牧師的名字，他從19世紀(jì)上半葉開(kāi)始飼養(yǎng)梗犬來(lái)進(jìn)行體育活動(dòng)。

Labrador

Labrador
拉布拉多犬

Named after the Labrador Peninsula in Canada, where the breed was developed, the Labrador retriever is one of the most popular dogs in the US and UK. The name ‘Labrador’ comes from Portuguese explorer Jo?o Fernandes Lavrador, who helped to map that section of the Canadian coast in at the turn of the 14th century.
這是以加拿大的拉布拉多半島命名的，那里的飼養(yǎng)業(yè)很發(fā)達(dá)。拉布拉多獵犬在美國(guó)和英國(guó)是最受歡迎的狗狗之一。拉布拉多犬這個(gè)名字是來(lái)源于葡萄牙的一個(gè)叫Jo?o Fernandes Lavrador的探險(xiǎn)家，他在14世紀(jì)初的時(shí)候幫助繪制了加拿大海岸部分地區(qū)的地圖
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Rottweiler

Rottweiler
羅威納犬

Known for its abilities as a guard dog, the Rottweiler comes from the German town of Rottweil around the turn of the 20th century. Formerly, the dog was known as a Rottweiler Hund, or ‘dog from Rottwei’.
以它作為一種警衛(wèi)犬的能力而得名，羅威納犬來(lái)源于20世紀(jì)初德國(guó)的一個(gè)叫Rottweil的小鎮(zhèn)。這種狗以前叫羅威納獵犬或者羅威犬。

Shih-tzu

Shih-tzu
西施犬

Given that there’s nothing particularly intimidating about these small lap dogs, it’s amusing to learn that the name comes from the Chinese term shīzigǒu, which roughly translates as ‘lion-son-dog’.
雖然這類哈巴狗沒(méi)什么特別嚇人之處，但有趣是它的名字來(lái)源于中文“獅子狗”（可以直譯為“獅-子-狗”）。

Spaniel

Spaniel
西班牙獵犬

Originating in Spain, spaniel comes from the Old French word espaignol (or espaigneul), used to refer to a ‘Spanish dog’. One popular breed of spaniel is the King Charles spaniel, so named due to the great fondness that King Charles II of England had for the dog.
這類狗起源于西班牙。西班牙獵犬這個(gè)名字起源于一個(gè)古法語(yǔ)詞espaignol (或者espaigneul)，曾被用來(lái)表示一只“西班牙狗”。一個(gè)有名的西班牙獵犬品種是查理士王小獵犬，之所以叫這個(gè)名字，是因?yàn)橛?guó)查理士國(guó)王非常喜歡并曾經(jīng)飼養(yǎng)過(guò)這種狗。

St. Bernard

St. Bernard
圣伯納犬

Why exactly is a dog named after Saint Bernard of Aosta (c. 996–c. 1081)? The reason is that Bernard of Aosta founded guest houses in two dangerous passes in the Alps, known both for their hospitality as well as the specially trained dogs that he and the other monks often employed to rescue travellers. Both the passes (Great and Little St. Bernard) were named after him, along with the breed of rescue dogs that he started.
為什么這類狗的名字是用Saint Bernard of Aosta (c. 996–c. 1081)來(lái)命名的呢？原因是Bernard of Aosta在阿爾卑斯山脈的兩條險(xiǎn)道建了旅店，以好客和旅客救援狗而聞名。這些狗是他和其他僧侶一起訓(xùn)練的。這兩條險(xiǎn)道（大、小圣伯納通道）和這種狗都以他的名字來(lái)命名。