| 单词 | mustang |
| 释义 | mustang /mus"tang/, n. 1. a small, hardy horse of the American plains, descended from Spanish stock. 2. U.S. Navy Slang. a naval officer who received his commission while still an enlisted man. v.i. 3. to round up wild horses, esp. in order to sell them illegally to slaughterhouses. [1800-10, Amer.; < Sp mestengo stray or ownerless beast, n. use of masc. adj.: pertaining to a mixed lot of beasts, equiv. to mest(a) such a mixed lot ( < L (animalia) mixta mixed (beasts), neut. pl. adj., taken as fem. sing. noun; see MIXED) + -engo adj. suffix] |
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