Thoroughbred
['θʌrəbred] or ['θɝobrɛd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses.
(noun.) a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares.
(noun.) a well-bred person.
珍宁校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.
(n.) A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse.
克劳斯編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- These here ones as is below, though, ain't reg'lar thoroughbred sawbones; they're only in trainin'. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He stepped past and laid his hand upon the glossy neck of the thoroughbred. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He said he could make a fortune with it, because he could get old nags in there and make them act like thoroughbreds. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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