steed

英[stiːd] 美
  • n. 战马,骏马;马
  • n. (Steed)人名;(英)斯蒂德

词态变化


复数: steeds;

中文词源


steed 坐骑

来自古英语 steda,种马,畜栏马,来自 Proto-Germanic*stodo,畜栏,来自 PIE*sta,站立,建立, 词源同 stand,stud.引申词义坐骑。

英文词源


steed
steed: see stud
steed (n.)
Old English steda "stallion, stud horse," from Proto-Germanic *stodjon (source also of Old Norse stoð), from the same Germanic root as Old English stod (see stud (n.2)). In Middle English, "a great horse" (as distinguished from a palfrey), "a spirited war horse." Obsolete from 16c. except in poetic, rhetorical, or jocular language.

双语例句


1. John Steed was an arrogant, swaggering young man.
约翰·斯蒂德是一个傲慢狂妄的年轻人。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Never is a steed pigsty - born ; nor an evergreen pine potbound.
猪圈岂生千里马,花盆难养万年松.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.
一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. An old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop a thousand li.
老骥伏枥,志在千里.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. A fiery steed is not trained in a courtyard, nor does a pine grow sturdy in a greenhouse.
院子里练不出千里马, 温室里长不出万年松.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》