单词 | stallion |
释义 | stallion From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Animalsstallionstal‧lion /ˈstæljən/ noun [countable]HBAa male horse that is fully grown, especially one that is used for breeding → mareExamples from the Corpusstallion• Jester was an appaloosa stallion who had a very close relationship with his owner.• Aged horses, especially stallions, are more like old people, and are more stressed by change than younger horses.• Isolating stallions from other horses obviously plays a large part in the aggression and even viciousness some stallions display towards mares.• He stood for a few moments thinking, and looking apprehensively from one stallion to the other.• Rufus was a bit of a centaur himself, a big roan stallion, and she was a little cat-eyed - waif.Origin stallion (1300-1400) Old French estalon |
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