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(fēng)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.