colt

英 [kəʊlt] 美 [kolt]
  • n. 小马;生手
  • vt. 以笞绳鞭打

助记提示


1. akin to child.
2. child => colt.
3. child => colt: 这两兄弟是同源词,不管你信不信或者觉得有多不可思议,这就是事实,因此 colt 就是 child 的变体而产生的含义分化。类似的如:chill, cool => cold. cool <==> cool.

中文词源


colt (四岁或五岁以下的)雄马驹

词源同calf, child.

英文词源


colt (n.)
Old English colt "colt," originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (cognates: Swedish dialectal kult "young boar, piglet; boy," Danish kuld "offspring, brood") and akin to child. Applied to persons from early 13c.
COLT'S TOOTH An old fellow who marries, or keeps a young girl, is ſaid to have a colt's tooth in his head. ["Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796]
Colt (n.)
type of revolver, 1838, originally the manufacture of U.S. gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-1862).

双语例句


1. And there are Colt, Gisela, Pi - Ku, Weiroot and so on in other countries.
国外的有Colt 、 Gisela系列 、 PiKu系列 、 Weiroot系列等.

来自互联网

2. The experiment was conducted with the soft cuttings of purureus, cherry colt and pomegranate.
本文以三种植物:樱桃砧木Colt、石榴 、 美国红栌的嫩枝为材料.

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3. She bought him as a £1,000 colt of six months and schooled him.
在它还是6个月的小马驹时,她用1,000英镑将它买下,并训练它。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The little colt shied at the fence and refused to jump over it.
这匹小雄马到障碍物前害怕了,不敢跳过去.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He warn't any more responsible than a colt.
他只不过还是个毛头孩子.

来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

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