由於養了九隻狗，我常去 Costco 買狗食。在那裡賣的狗食中，有一個品牌叫做 Supercoat。所以我就想用這個品牌名稱來問大家，為什麼要用這樣的名稱，它有時麼特殊的意義。這把這個當作英文字彙能力的考驗算了，應該不難。

Tim

From online dictionaries:

super

"first-rate, excellent," 1837, from prefix in superfine (1682), denoting "highest grade of goods," from L. super "above, over, beyond" (see super-). Extended usage as a general term of approval is 1895 slang, revived 1960s. Rhyming reduplication form super-duper first attested 1940.

• adjective: including more than a specified category (Example: "A super experiment")
• adjective: of the highest quality (Example: "A super party")

ADJECTIVE: Informal 1. Very large, great, or extreme: “yet another super Skyscraper” (Dylan Thomas). 2. Excellent; first-rate: a super party.

coat

c.1300, "outer garment," from O.Fr. cote, from Frank. *kotta "coarse cloth," of unknown origin. Transferred to animal's natural covering c.1390. Extended 1663 to a layer of any substance covering any surface. A coat of arms (1489) was originally a coat with heraldic devices, worn over armor. To turncoat was to put one's coat on inside-out to hide one's badge. Coat-tail is c.1600; in the political slang sense, first recorded 1848 (in a Congressional speech by Abraham Lincoln, in reference to Andrew Jackson).

• noun: growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal

A natural outer covering, such as the fur of an animal; an integument.


My guess:

Supercoat is a high quality food product for dogs, which can improve the dog hair more beautiful.


Tim,

Can I ask you a question?
Do you know how to get rid of the black fleas without killing them?

Thank you.

In order not to kill the fleas, I chose moving to another place to solve my problem. That doesn’t mean I dislike dogs but I am afraid of the fleas on the dogs.

I hope anyone can teach me any methods on resolving this problem.

Thanks.

Elinor,

You are very right in explaining the meaning of Supercoat.

As to the flea thing, your decision is also quite a wise one. I do not have any better way to deal with it. Just see when I can have a better way to deal with them.

Tim