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stallion

英 ['stæljən]美['stæljən]
  • n. 种马;成年公马

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复数: stallions;

助记提示


1. A stallion [14] is etymologically a horse kept in a 'stall' for breeding purposes.

中文词源


stallion 种马

stall,畜栏,马厩,-ion,名词后缀。用于指保存在马厩育种的马,即种马。

英文词源


stallion (n.)
mid-15c., earlier staloun (c. 1300), "male horse kept for breeding purposes," from Anglo-French estaloun, Old French estalon "stallion, uncastrated male horse" (Modern French étalon), from Frankish *stal, cognate with Old High German stal "stable," from Proto-Germanic *stalla- (see stall (n.1)). The notion is probably of a horse kept in a stable to service mares. Transferred sense of "robustly lascivious man" is attested from 1550s.

双语例句


1. Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
风一吹来,火星四溅,卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The stallion upreared on its hind legs.
种马用后腿直立起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The stallion bucked as he fought against the reins holding him tightly in.
牡马四蹄腾空跳起,想挣脱紧紧缚住它的缰绳。

来自柯林斯例句

4. " No, a fine little stallion with legs two yards long.
" 不, 腿足有两码长,是个漂亮的小驹子.

来自飘(部分)

5. Of all Arabians, one of the most durable must have been the stallion called Maidan.
在所有的阿拉伯马中, 耐力最好的恐怕要数一匹名叫麦登的种马了.

来自辞典例句

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