stallion
英 ['stæljən]
美['stæljən]
- n. 种马；成年公马
词态变化
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