stallion
英['st?lj?n]
美['st?lj?n]
- n. 種馬；成年公馬
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?stallions;
助記提示
1. A stallion [14] is etymologically a horse kept in a 'stall' for breeding purposes.
中文詞源
stallion 種馬
stall,畜欄，馬廄，-ion,名詞后綴。用于指保存在馬廄育種的馬，即種馬。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
- 風一吹來，火星四濺，盧埃林的種馬驚跳起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The stallion upreared on its hind legs.
- 種馬用后腿直立起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The stallion bucked as he fought against the reins holding him tightly in.
- 牡馬四蹄騰空跳起，想掙脫緊緊縛住它的韁繩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. " No, a fine little stallion with legs two yards long.
- " 不, 腿足有兩碼長,是個漂亮的小駒子.
來自飄（部分）
- 5. Of all Arabians, one of the most durable must have been the stallion called Maidan.
- 在所有的阿拉伯馬中, 耐力最好的恐怕要數(shù)一匹名叫麥登的種馬了.
來自辭典例句