| 单词 | yearling |
| 释义 | yearling (once / 6382 pages) n A yearling is a young horse, older than a foal but not yet two years old. Yearlings are generally too young to ride. While the word yearling usually refers to a filly or a colt — a horse between the ages of one and two, of either sex — you can use it to talk about any animal of that age. It might sound a little funny, but go ahead and describe your one year old cat as a yearling. The word combines year, from the Old English gear, and the diminutive suffix -ling, which is often used in words describing young animals, like gosling and duckling. WORD FAMILYyearling: yearlings USAGE EXAMPLESReed says most of the horses who died were yearlings and some were racehorses. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) Reed says most of the horses that died were yearlings and some were racehorses. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) The rangers tranquilised both the cub and its mother before carefully removing the can from the yearling's tongue with the minimum of bleeding. BBC(Nov 14, 2016) 1n a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth Hyper bangtail, race horse, racehorse a horse bred for racing 2n an animal in its second year Hyper eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials 3n a young child Syn|Hyper bambino, toddler, tot child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster a young person of either sex |
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