Alsatian

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Al·sa·tian /ælˈseɪʃən/ noun [countable]   HBADHP British English a large dog, often used by the police or to guard places 阿尔萨斯狼狗，德国牧羊犬（常用作警犬或用于守卫） SYN German Shepherd

Examples from the Corpus

Alsatian• The best-class rubbish is found at the gates of high-walled mansions, their privacy protected by barking Alsatians and uniformed guards.• Set his Alsatians on me ... He won't.• A guard with a huge Alsatian stood near by.• Barbed wire zigzagged in front of the small houses and large Alsatians snarled at strangers from behind steel fences.• As we exchanged information, the Alsatian sat at our feet, licking the salt out of an empty crisp packet.• Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes, and gave up in resignation.• Apparently some of them nervous wrecks. Alsatians and everything.

Al·sa·tian nounChineseSyllable  

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Alsatian
Al‧sa‧tian /ælˈseɪʃən/ noun [countable]

British English a large dog, often used by the police or to guard places
   SYN  German Shepherd

Al·sa·tianBrE /ælˈseɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ælˈseɪʃn/ 🔊 (BrE) (also ˌGerman ˈshepherd NAmE, BrE ) nouna large dog, often trained to help the police, to guard buildings or (especially in the US) to help blind people find their way 德国牧羊犬（常训练成警犬，看家护院，尤其在美国用作导盲犬）