| 单词 | colt |
| 释义 | colt (once / 1880 pages) n A colt is a male horse that's younger than four years old. When your colt is older than four, you can call him a stallion, gelding, or simply a horse. There are many terms for horses, depending what age they are and whether they're male or female. While colt can only refer to a young male, and a female of a similar age would be called a filly, you can talk about a horse of either sex that's between one and two years old as a yearling. The word colt comes directly from Old English, and it originally meant "young ass," or "young camel." WORD FAMILYcolt: coltish, colts+/coltish: coltishly, sportively USAGE EXAMPLESRico, the nuzzling colt, likes his new human friends and the feed bucket, but his mom is not so quick to trust again. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith piloted the three-year-old colt past the celebrated field in a dramatic stretch run to win America's richest race. Reuters(Nov 05, 2016) Named for New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard, the colt broke second out of the starting gate and quickly went to the lead. Washington Times(Nov 05, 2016) n a young male horse under the age of four Hypo|Hyper ridgel, ridgeling, ridgil, ridgling a colt with undescended testicles male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) foala young horse Colt (once / 2874 pages) n WORD FAMILY Colt: Colts USAGE EXAMPLESAnd with another year on his contract, the Colts want him back. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) But the Colts finally got themselves righted late in the first half, cutting the halftime deficit to 17-3. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Indianapolis Colts star Robert Mathis received a hero’s welcome when he was introduced for the final time at Lucas Oil Stadium. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a kind of revolver Hyper revolver, six-gun, six-shooter a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets) |
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