1650s, possibly from dialectal coaly "coal-black," the color of some breeds (compare colley, "sheep with black face and legs," attested from 1793; Middle English colfox, "coal-fox," a variety of fox with tail and both ears tipped with black; and colley, Somerset dialectal name for "blackbird"). Or from Scandinavian proper name Colle, which is known to have been applied to dogs in Middle English ("Ran Colle our dogge, and Talbot, and Gerlond" [Chaucer]); or perhaps a convergence of the two.
双语例句
1. It was a lovely dog. It was a cross between a collie and a golden retriever.
那条狗可爱极了，是柯利牧羊犬和金毛猎犬的杂交品种。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The collie came across the yard, sniffing around the truck.
小狗穿过场院跑过来围着卡车嗅来嗅去.
来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
3. A pheasant called from the fields . Jack , the collie, barked twice out in the yard.
田野有一只山鸡鸣叫, 杰克----那小狗----在场院里吠了两声.
来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
4. Methods 38 cases of specimens of lhtty heartall COllie from autopsy.
