单词 | to hold to |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold to d. Of a female animal: To retain the seed; to conceive. Also to hold to (the male). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > conceive pondrec1450 stock1478 hold1607 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 40 It is moste infalliable that she holdeth. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (1668) i. iii. 34 To know whether your Mare hold to the Horse or no. 1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 i. 64 A disposition in cows to conceive (or ‘hold to the bull’). 1891 Field 28 Nov. 805/2 The chances are against the mare holding. < as lemmas |
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