foal
/fəʊl/ (bre, ipa) · /fəʊl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfōl/ (ame, mw) · /foʊl/ (ame, ipa)
foal — noun
- foalsingular
- foalsplural
1. a horse that was born recently, usually less than one year old; also used for th
a horse that was born recently, usually less than one year old; also used for the baby of a donkey or zebra.
Adina watched the brown foal stand up for the first time in the stable.
countable noun: a foal
Two foals ran across the green field beside their mothers.
plural: foals run beside their mothers
The farmer named the new foal Sunny because of its bright golden coat.
Manuela took a photo of the small foal sleeping next to the fence.
文法句型
a foal
the foal of [horse]
用法筆記
Used for the baby of any animal in the horse family, including donkeys and zebras, not only horses.
常見錯誤
foal — verb
- foalpresent simple I / you / we / they
- foals3rd person singular
- foaling-ing form
- foaledpast simple
1. when a female horse, donkey, or zebra produces a baby from inside her body.
when a female horse, donkey, or zebra produces a baby from inside her body.
The grey mare is expected to foal sometime next month at the farm.
intransitive: a mare foals
Two of the horses on Owen's ranch foaled during the same warm week in April.
The old brown mare foaled last night in the small wooden shed behind the house.
Most mares foal in the spring when the weather starts to get warmer.
- give birth
general phrase used for humans and most animals; 'foal' is specific to the horse family
文法句型
[mare] foals
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a mare or other female horse-family animal. The verb does not take a direct object — say 'the mare foaled', not 'the mare foaled a baby'.