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单词 akhal-teke
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Akhal-Tekeadj.n.

Brit. /ˌakəlˈtɛk/, /ˌakəlˈtɛki/, U.S. /ˌækəlˈtɛk/, /ˌækəlˈtɛki/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Forms: 1800s– Akhal-Tekke, 1900s– Ahal-Teke, 1900s– Ahal-Tekke, 1900s– Akhal-Teke.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Akhal-Teke.
Etymology: < Akhal-Teke (Turkmen Ahal-Teke), the name of a group of oases in southern Turkmenistan, where the breed originates. With the adjective, compare Russian axaltekinskij (1882 or earlier of horses), Turkmen Ahal-Teke aty, lit. ‘Akhal-Teke horse’ (after Russian). With the noun, compare Russian †tekke-axal′′ (1876 or earlier), axaltekinec (1882 or earlier) Akhal-Teke horse.The oases of Akhal-Teke are named after the Tekke (Tekke n.2), a Turkmen people living in the region of Akhal.
A. adj.
Designating a light and hardy horse developed in Turkmenistan, having a slender body and a coat that typically has a metallic bloom; designating the breed to which this horse belongs.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [adjective] > of or like particular breeds
Arabian1588
Arab1718
garronly1740
Shetland1770
Clydesdale1786
Belgian1821
Conestoga1828
Gypsy1856
Anglo-Arab1860
Anglo-Arabian1860
cobby1871
Akhal-Teke1882
criollo1884
saddlebred1891
Lipizzan1948
1882 J. M. Trotter Western Turkestan 40 The Cossacks in 1879, who exchange their own ponies..for the carefully nurtured Akhál Tekke horses which they were able to loot.
1935 Animal Breeding Abstr. 3 482 The author proves its morphological close resemblance to..the Arab horse and marked difference from the Turkmenian (Akhal-Teke) horse.
1968 Observer's Bk. Horses & Ponies (rev. ed.) 137 The Iomud horses are descended from the same ancient taproot as the Akhal-Teke breed.
1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. 22/7 No one has been able to put a value on this particular piece of rare bloodstock, an Akhal-Tekke pony.
2006 Wanderlust Mar. 49/2 Canter across the Karakum Desert on Turkmenistan's legendary purebred Akhal-Teke horses.
B. n.
The Akhal-Teke breed of horse; a horse of this breed.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds
Frison?a1400
jennet1463
garron1540
Galloway1598
ghoonta1613
Goonhilly1640
forester1712
yabu1753
Highland pony1768
Narragansett pacer1777
Suffolk punch1784
Nubian1790
Cleveland bay1796
cob1818
Conestoga1824
marsh tacky1826
Narragansett1826
Russian pony1829
Clydesdale1831
Turkoman1831
Morgan1841
tarpan1841
Waler1849
Percheron1855
Canuck1860
Anglo-Arabian1864
Anglo-Arab1869
Belgium1878
Palouse1881
standardbred1888
Belgium draught horse1889
saddlebred1891
Timor pony1895
Haflinger1899
Argentine1901
Belgian1907
palomino1914
Appaloosa1924
Trakehner1926
Lipizzaner1928
Tennessee walking horse1938
Bhotia1939
cremello1944
Akhal-Teke1947
Palouse horse1947
Tennessee walker1960
Falabella1977
1947 H. P. Fox tr. V. Kalinin in B. S. Vesey-Fitzgerald Bk. of Horse iii. 606 The Akhal-Teke are specialised saddle horses which are well adapted to work in conditions of arid and hot deserts.
1976 K. Reddick Horses 59 A direct descendant of the extinct Turkmene horse, the elegant Akhal-Teke is found principally in the Soviet Republic of Turkmenistan.
1997 Independent 2 Aug. 12/5 (caption) An Akhal-Teke, the ancient breed from which Arabs and the English thoroughbred are descended.
2006 N. J. Swinney Horses Distinction 98/1 The sensitive Akhal-Teke will bond closely with humans, although he can be stubborn.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.n.1882
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