| 释义 |
‖ tanghan, tangun, tānyan East Ind.|ˈtɑːŋghən, ˈtæŋgʌn|, |ˈtaːnjan|
[Hindi ṭāṅghan, f. Tibetan rTaṅāṅ, f. rTa horse (Yule).]
The native horse of Tibet and Bhutān, a strong and sure-footed little pony. Also tanghan horse, tanghan pony.
1774in Aitchison Treaties, etc. (1876) I. 155 That..the Deb Rajah shall pay an annual tribute of five Tangun horses to the Honorable Company. c1774Bogle Narr. in Markham Tibet (1876) 17 We were provided with two tangun ponies of a mean appearance. 1793Hodges Trav. India 31 These horses are called tanyans, and are mostly pye-bald. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 143/2 The small horses, the Tanguns, are noted for their hardihood and activity, but they are not natives, but introduced from Tibet, and..they degenerate on the south of the Himalaya Mountains. |