equestrian
英 [?'kwestr??n; e-]
美[?'kw?str??n]
- adj. 馬的；騎馬的；騎術(shù)的
- n. 騎手；騎馬者
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯TOEFL
中文詞源
equestrian 馬術(shù)比賽項(xiàng)目
來(lái)自equine, 馬的，與馬相關(guān)的。
英文詞源
- equestrian
- equestrian: [17] Equestrian was adapted from Latin equester, an adjective derived from eques ‘horseman’. Eques in turn was based on equus ‘horse’ (source of English equine [18]). This was the Latin descendant of *ekwos, the prehistoric Indo-European term for ‘horse’, which was once found in all the daughter languages of Indo- European except for the Slavic branch: Old English had eoh, for example, Old Irish ech, Sanskrit avás, and ancient Greek híppos (source of English hippodrome and hippopotamus).
It is a remarkable circumstance, however, that over the past thousand years equus and its relatives have (other than in derivatives such as equine) died out, to be replaced by secondary terms such as French cheval (from Latin caballus, probably a non-Indo-European borrowing), German pferd (from late Latin paraverēdus ‘extra post-horse’, source also of English palfrey), and English horse.
=> equine, hippopotamus - equestrian (adj.)
- "pertaining to or relating to horses or horsemanship," 1650s, formed in English from Latin equester (genitive equestris) "of a horseman, knightly," from eques "horseman, knight," from equus "horse" (see equine). As a noun, "one who rides on horseback," from 1786. The feminine form equestrienne is attested from 1848 (Century Dictionary calls it "circus-bill French"). An earlier adjective was equestrial (1550s).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. equestrian events at the Olympic Games
- 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的馬術(shù)比賽項(xiàng)目
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. They all showed extraordinary equestrian skills.
- 他們的騎術(shù)都很高超。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. Only the steed and equestrian's close coordination, can win competition's champion.
- 只有駿馬和騎手的密切配合, 才能取得比賽的冠軍.
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- 4. Which year was equestrian sport at the Olympic Games?
- 哪一年開(kāi)始舉辦馬術(shù)項(xiàng)目? 1912年.
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- 5. Introduces the Olympic Equestrian Events and fun facts about horses.
- 介紹奧運(yùn)馬術(shù)競(jìng)賽項(xiàng)目和馬匹的有趣知識(shí).
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