单词 | paddock |
释义 | paddock paddock1 /pad"euhk/, n. 1. a small, usually enclosed field near a stable or barn for pasturing or exercising animals. 2. the enclosure in which horses are saddled and mounted before a race. 3. Australian. any enclosed field or pasture. v.t. 4. to confine or enclose in or as in a paddock. [1540-50; var. of ME parrok, with r heard as flapped d; OE pearroc enclosure, orig. fence. See PARK] paddock2 /pad"euhk/, n. Archaic. a frog or toad. [1350-1400; ME paddok(e), deriv. of early ME pad toad (cf. E dial. pad frog); akin to D, LG pad, ON padda; see -OCK] |
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