colt
英[k??lt]
美[kolt]
- n. 小馬；生手
- vt. 以笞繩鞭打
詞態變化
復數:?colts;
助記提示
1. akin to child.
2. child => colt.
3. child => colt: 這兩兄弟是同源詞，不管你信不信或者覺得有多不可思議，這就是事實，因此 colt 就是 child 的變體而產生的含義分化。類似的如：chill, cool => cold. cool <==> cool.
中文詞源
colt （四歲或五歲以下的）雄馬駒
詞源同calf, child.
英文詞源
- colt (n.)
- Old English colt "colt," originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (cognates: Swedish dialectal kult "young boar, piglet; boy," Danish kuld "offspring, brood") and akin to child. Applied to persons from early 13c.
COLT'S TOOTH An old fellow who marries, or keeps a young girl, is ?aid to have a colt's tooth in his head. ["Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796]
- Colt (n.)
- type of revolver, 1838, originally the manufacture of U.S. gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-1862).
雙語例句
- 1. And there are Colt, Gisela, Pi - Ku, Weiroot and so on in other countries.
- 國外的有Colt 、 Gisela系列 、 PiKu系列 、 Weiroot系列等.
來自互聯網
- 2. The experiment was conducted with the soft cuttings of purureus, cherry colt and pomegranate.
- 本文以三種植物:櫻桃砧木Colt、石榴 、 美國紅櫨的嫩枝為材料.
來自互聯網
- 3. She bought him as a ￡1,000 colt of six months and schooled him.
- 在它還是6個月的小馬駒時，她用1,000英鎊將它買下，并訓練它。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The little colt shied at the fence and refused to jump over it.
- 這匹小雄馬到障礙物前害怕了,不敢跳過去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He warn't any more responsible than a colt.
- 他只不過還是個毛頭孩子.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險