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单词 lariat
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Definition of lariat in English:

lariat

noun ˈlarɪətˈlɛriət
  • A rope used as a lasso or for tethering.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They watched as Luke let loose his lariat, it flew through the air and wrapped around his intended target - his little sister.
    • Their stocky Indian driver, pigtailed and black-hatted, followed them astride a mule and quirted their hindquarters with a length of rope which he swung like a lariat.
    • It might be a twirl or a flick or the tap of a lariat or a longe line or a whip.
    • I sat there, currently in a very indifferent mood, braiding together plastic strings to make lariats or something like that.
    • Abandoning the boat, expert horsemen Floyd and Gordon Takes Gun rode into the floodwaters with lariats and rescued twenty-seven people.
    • Then they have all those places to put stuff, like your rifle and your lariat and your blanket.
    • This person is presented with a replica of an original Indian arrowhead mounted with copper wire and attached to a leather lariat.
    • He threw his lariat and it looped around a cow's neck, then he yanked it tight.
    • Shebala and his son Sheldon, 24, used lariats to tie up one of the animals legs force it to lie on the ground.
    • The western side of the country/western equation is established by Froos's glittery Broadway cowgirl costume and by the gorgeous chorus girls' twirling of crepe-paper lariats.
    • As he reached the ground his pony started to run and was dragging the body which was evidently attached by a lariat to the pommel of his saddle.
    • A gaggle of cowboys walk by en route to the rodeo tent, lariats swinging.
    • The teenage boy kept his eyes on the young cow before him, he took out his lariat, then tugged at his wet, leather gloves, flinching when they rubbed a blister.
    • One journalist described Madison as a ‘Montana ranch girl, expert in the art of whirling a lariat arid revolver marksmanship.’
    • Looking at them, you really do think of twirling lariats, and here the vaguely bordello colors, along with a kind of supercharged motion, suggest a semi-frantic, but also humorous, licentiousness.
    • They bought a lariat and a gun and, one morning, lay in ambush for the milkman, nearly killing him.
    • The painting classes in the film focus on mountain landscapes, still-life studies of ‘the West’ such as a western saddle and lariat, and life drawings of local Stoney people posed cross-legged in front of a picturesque teepee.
    • The entire cargo was secured to the aparejo by means of the lariat, some 50-60 ft of cord, looped over and under in the celebrated ‘diamond hitch’.
    • For those who like a more sedate evening minus the cowboy whoops and lariats, Jockey Club may be the best place to be in.
    • Through the window, I watch a man practice for the calf-roping event by tossing his lariat over anybody who passes by.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Spanish la reata from la 'the' and reatar 'tie again' (based on Latin aptare 'adjust', from aptus 'apt, fitting').

Rhymes

chariot, Harriet, Judas Iscariot, Marryat
 
 

Definition of lariat in US English:

lariat

nounˈlɛriətˈlerēət
  • A rope used as a lasso or for tethering.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The western side of the country/western equation is established by Froos's glittery Broadway cowgirl costume and by the gorgeous chorus girls' twirling of crepe-paper lariats.
    • Looking at them, you really do think of twirling lariats, and here the vaguely bordello colors, along with a kind of supercharged motion, suggest a semi-frantic, but also humorous, licentiousness.
    • For those who like a more sedate evening minus the cowboy whoops and lariats, Jockey Club may be the best place to be in.
    • This person is presented with a replica of an original Indian arrowhead mounted with copper wire and attached to a leather lariat.
    • As he reached the ground his pony started to run and was dragging the body which was evidently attached by a lariat to the pommel of his saddle.
    • A gaggle of cowboys walk by en route to the rodeo tent, lariats swinging.
    • I sat there, currently in a very indifferent mood, braiding together plastic strings to make lariats or something like that.
    • They watched as Luke let loose his lariat, it flew through the air and wrapped around his intended target - his little sister.
    • They bought a lariat and a gun and, one morning, lay in ambush for the milkman, nearly killing him.
    • One journalist described Madison as a ‘Montana ranch girl, expert in the art of whirling a lariat arid revolver marksmanship.’
    • The entire cargo was secured to the aparejo by means of the lariat, some 50-60 ft of cord, looped over and under in the celebrated ‘diamond hitch’.
    • The teenage boy kept his eyes on the young cow before him, he took out his lariat, then tugged at his wet, leather gloves, flinching when they rubbed a blister.
    • It might be a twirl or a flick or the tap of a lariat or a longe line or a whip.
    • He threw his lariat and it looped around a cow's neck, then he yanked it tight.
    • Their stocky Indian driver, pigtailed and black-hatted, followed them astride a mule and quirted their hindquarters with a length of rope which he swung like a lariat.
    • Then they have all those places to put stuff, like your rifle and your lariat and your blanket.
    • Through the window, I watch a man practice for the calf-roping event by tossing his lariat over anybody who passes by.
    • Shebala and his son Sheldon, 24, used lariats to tie up one of the animals legs force it to lie on the ground.
    • Abandoning the boat, expert horsemen Floyd and Gordon Takes Gun rode into the floodwaters with lariats and rescued twenty-seven people.
    • The painting classes in the film focus on mountain landscapes, still-life studies of ‘the West’ such as a western saddle and lariat, and life drawings of local Stoney people posed cross-legged in front of a picturesque teepee.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Spanish la reata from la ‘the’ and reatar ‘tie again’ (based on Latin aptare ‘adjust’, from aptus ‘apt, fitting’).

 
 
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