mustang
英 ['m?st??]
美['m?st??]
- n. 野馬（產(chǎn)于墨西哥和北美平原）；海軍行伍出身的軍官（美國(guó)俚語(yǔ)）
暢通詞匯哺乳動(dòng)物
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?mustangs;
中文詞源
mustang 北美野馬
來(lái)自墨西哥西班牙語(yǔ)mestengo,走偏的動(dòng)物，來(lái)自西班牙語(yǔ)mesta,混雜，混合，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)miscere,混合，混雜，詞源同mix,miscellany,mestizo.用于指美洲大草原上與家畜混在一起的北美野馬。
英文詞源
- mustang
- mustang: [19] Etymologically, a mustang is a ‘mixed’ animal. The word comes from Mexican Spanish mestengo, which originally in Spanish meant ‘stray’. This was derived from mesta ‘a(chǎn)nnual roundup of cattle, participated in by all the herdsmen, in which stray cattle were disposed of’, which in turn goes back to medieval Latin mixta. And mixta (literally ‘mixed’) was used for the wild or stray animals that got ‘mixed’ in with the graziers’ herds (it was a noun use of the feminine past participle of miscēre ‘mix’, source of English miscellaneous and mix).
The word passed early on from ‘stray cattle’ to ‘stray horses’.
=> miscellaneous, mix - mustang (n.)
- "small, half-wild horse of the American prairie," 1808, from Mexican Spanish mestengo "animal that strays" (16c.), from Spanish mestengo "wild, stray, ownerless," literally "belonging to the mesta," an association of cattle ranchers who divided stray or unclaimed animals that got "mixed" with the herds, from Latin mixta "mixed," fem. past participle of miscere "to mix" (see mix (v.)).
Said to be influenced by the Spanish word mostrenco "straying, wild," which is probably from mostrar, from Latin monstrare "to show."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Mustang is a wild horse, not a domesticated racer.
- 野馬是野性的馬, 不是已馴化的賽馬.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. Phrases such as " father of the Mustang " could no longer be used.
- “ 野馬車之父 ” 這樣的提法就不能再使用了.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. The Ford Mustang was a smash hit in the American car market.
- 福特野馬曾經(jīng)是美國(guó)市場(chǎng)上最暢銷的車型.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Like the Mustang, it had a sporty look.
- 與野馬車一樣, 它有賽車的外觀.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Mustang II was very successful, although it wasn't quite the hit that the original had been.
- 野馬二型很成功, 雖然沒(méi)有象原來(lái)的野馬那末盛極一時(shí).
來(lái)自辭典例句