释义 |
wind-suck, v.|ˈwɪndsʌk| [Back-formation from next (sense 2).] intr. Of a horse: To have the vice of noisily drawing in and swallowing air (often associated with crib-biting). Also ˈwind-ˌsucking vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 228 Wind-sucking consists in swallowing air, without fixing the mouth. Ibid. 229 He continued to crib-bite or wind-suck. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Crib-strap, a neck-throttler for crib-biting and wind⁓sucking horses. 1908Animal Managem. 81 Indigestion and colic..result from windsucking and crib-biting. |