单词 | akhal-teke |
释义 | Akhal-Tekeadj.n. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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