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- a small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised(牧马、练马的)围场。
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- an enclosure adjoining a racecourse or track where horses or cars are gathered and displayed before a race(赛马前的)参赛马集中场; (赛车前的)参赛车停车场。
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- Austral./NZ a field or plot of land enclosed by fencing or defined by natural boundaries〈澳/新西兰〉设有围栏的(或以自然边界隔开的)一片土地。
with obj.(一般作be paddocked)
- keep or enclose (a horse) in a paddock把(马)关入围栏:
horses paddocked on a hillside.
山坡上围栏里的马群。
词源
early 17th cent.: apparently a variant of dialect parrock, of unknown ultimate origin.