paddock

Related topics: Horses, Agriculture

pad·dock /ˈpædək/ noun [countableC]

1. DSH especially British EnglishBrE a small field in which horses are kept 〔养马的〕小牧场

2. DSHa piece of ground where horses are brought together before a race so that people can look at them 〔赛马前的〕马匹检阅场

Examples from the Corpus

paddock• A small group of horses in a paddock, perhaps three or four individuals, is more satisfactory than a large group.• When horses are put together in paddocks, they need to be carefully chosen for their mutual compatibility.• It was little Tero, turned out in the same paddock, offering silent sympathy.• Well, the answer was obvious to anyone in the paddock.• The camels were hobbled out to graze in the paddock.• Beveridge's death meant that signs of celebration were scarce in the paddock.• At the top end of the paddock Arkle haughtily stares into the distance.• Or the paddock, to be precise.

Origin paddock

(1600-1700) parrock “enclosed piece of ground” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English pearroc

单词	paddock
释义	paddock Related topics: Horses, Agriculture pad·dock /ˈpædək/ noun [countableC] 1. DSH especially British EnglishBrE a small field in which horses are kept 〔养马的〕小牧场 2. DSHa piece of ground where horses are brought together before a race so that people can look at them 〔赛马前的〕马匹检阅场 Examples from the Corpus paddock• A small group of horses in a paddock, perhaps three or four individuals, is more satisfactory than a large group.• When horses are put together in paddocks, they need to be carefully chosen for their mutual compatibility.• It was little Tero, turned out in the same paddock, offering silent sympathy.• Well, the answer was obvious to anyone in the paddock.• The camels were hobbled out to graze in the paddock.• Beveridge's death meant that signs of celebration were scarce in the paddock.• At the top end of the paddock Arkle haughtily stares into the distance.• Or the paddock, to be precise. Origin paddock (1600-1700) parrock “enclosed piece of ground” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English pearroc
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