Equestrian
[ɪ'kwestrɪən;e-] or [ɪ'kwɛstrɪən]
解释:
(adj.) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding .
(adj.) of or relating to or composed of knights .
整理:桑娅--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.
(a.) Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.
(a.) Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order.
(n.) One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.
录入:温思罗普
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Horseman, rider.[2]. Knight, cavalier, chevalier, horse-soldier, CHASSEUR.
整理:斯特拉
解释:
adj. pertaining to horses or horsemanship: on horseback.—n. one who rides on horseback:—fem. Equestrienne′.—n. Eques′trianism horsemanship.
整理:温弗雷德
例句:
- But submission only increased the arrogance of Rome and the pitiless greed of the rich Equestrian order which swayed her counsels. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Equestrian order, in particular, became the money power. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The army he found in Macedonia consisted of a general foot levy and a noble equestrian order called the companions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was a typical man of the new Equestrian type, the social equivalent of a modern munition profiteer. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Miss Ingram, as before, was the only lady equestrian; and, as before, Mr. Rochester galloped at her side; the two rode a little apart from the rest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The rich Equestrian order resented any wealth in the world but its own. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The men with the lanterns had now fallen into the rear, or rather, the equestrians of the rescue-party had outridden the pedestrians. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- In the same year (146 B.C.) the Roman Senate and Equestrians also _murdered_ another great city that seemed to limit their trade monopolies, Corinth. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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