请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 roan
释义

roan

[ rohn ]
/ roʊn /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR roan ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

(chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.
prepared from leather of this color.

noun

a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
a roan color.
a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco.

Origin of roan

1520–30; <Middle French <Old Spanish roano<Germanic; compare Gothic rauths red

Words nearby roan

roadway, roadwork, roadworks, roadworthy, roam, roan, Roanoke, Roanoke Island, Roanoke Rapids, roar, roaring
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for roan

British Dictionary definitions for roan

roan
/ (rəʊn) /

adjective

(of a horse) having a bay (red roan), chestnut (strawberry roan), or black (blue roan) coat sprinkled with white hairs

noun

a horse having such a coat
a soft unsplit sheepskin leather with a close tough grain, used in bookbinding, etc

Word Origin for roan

C16: from Old French, from Spanish roano, probably from Gothic rauths red
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/21 9:43:52