英语词汇“stableman”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

stable² /stāˈb(ə)l/

noun

A building for horses, or sometimes other animals

A set of horses kept together

A horse-keeping establishment, organization or staff (as a horse-keeping establishment often pl in form but treated as sing)

A number of skilled trained (esp young) people who work together under one head or one manager

A group of commercial (esp publishing) enterprises under the same ownership or management

An establishment in which a group of Japanese sumo wrestlers live and receive training

(in pl) a cavalry soldier's duty in the stable, or the call summoning to it

transitive verb

To put or keep in a stable

intransitive verb

To live in a stable, or as if in a stable

ORIGIN: OFr estable (Fr étable), from L stabulum, from stāre to stand

staˈbler noun (Scot or archaic)

A stable-keeper, an inn-keeper

staˈbling noun

The act of putting into a stable

Accommodation for horses, cattle, cycles, etc

staˈbleboy or staˈbleman noun

Someone who works at a stable

stable companion noun (informal)

Someone who lodges in the same place or is a member of the same club, etc

stable door noun

A door with upper and lower halves able to be closed independently

stable fly noun

A two-winged, bloodsucking fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, a common pest of humans and domestic animals

stable lad or stable lass noun

Someone whose job is to look after the horses at a racing-stable

stableman see stableboy above.

staˈblemate noun

A horse from the same stable as another
Anything manufactured, originated, produced, etc in the same place as another (eg different models of the same car), or a person from the same club, etc as another (figurative)

out of the same stable

Having the same background, training, etc

stable2 /stāˈb(ə)l/