单词 | houyhnhnm |
释义 | Houyhnhnm in American English (huˈɪnəm; ˈhwɪnəm) noun in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, any of a race of horses with reasoning power and human virtues see also UNRESOLVED CROSS REFWord origin coined by Swift to suggest horse's whinnyHouyhnhnm in American English (huːˈɪnəm, ˈhwɪnəm, ˈwɪn-) noun (in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of horses endowed with reason, who rule the Yahoos, a race of degraded, brutish creatures having human form Word origin [1726; appar. echoic; cf. whinny] |
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