colt

/kəʊlt/ (bre, ipa) · [kˈolt] /kəʊlt/ (ame, ipa) · [kˈolt] /ˈkōlt/ (ame, mw)

colt — 名詞

  • coltsingular
  • coltsplural

1. a horse that is male and still young, typically less than four years old and not

1.名詞B1
釋義

小公馬

未滿四歲的雄性小馬

a horse that is male and still young, typically less than four years old and not yet trained for riding or carrying loads

例句

Theo's family raises a brown colt on their farm in southern Texas.

Theo 一家人在他們德州南部的農場裡養了一匹棕色的小公馬。

countable noun: a colt

The young colt stayed close to its mother's side in the pasture.

那匹小公馬在牧場上緊跟在母親身邊。

同義詞
  • foal

    refers to any very young horse (male or female) under one year old

  • filly

    a young female horse, not a male

  • yearling

    a horse between one and two years old, regardless of sex

反義詞

文法句型

colt + verb

用法筆記

A male horse kept for breeding is called a stallion once it reaches adulthood around age four. A female horse of the same age is called a filly, not a colt.

常見錯誤

❌I saw a colt horse in the field.
✅I saw a colt in the field.
💡Colt already means a young male horse; adding 'horse' is redundant.

2. a person, especially a young one, who has recently joined a sports team or anoth

2.名詞B2
釋義

新手

缺乏經驗的年輕運動員或成員

a person, especially a young one, who has recently joined a sports team or another group and has not yet gained much experience

例句

Coach Park gave the young colt a chance to play in the second half.

Park 教練給了那個年輕新手一個在比賽下半場上場的機會。

young colt (inexperienced player)

The rugby club brought in three colts from the university league to strengthen the squad.

這家橄欖球俱樂部從大學聯賽引進了三名新手來增強陣容。

同義詞
  • rookie

    more common in American English for a first-year professional athlete

  • novice

    broader in scope and more formal; used outside sports

  • newcomer

    neutral register; does not specifically imply youth

反義詞
  • veteran

    someone with extensive experience

文法句型

colt + noun

用法筆記

Used especially in British and Australian sports contexts, often in the name of junior teams (for example, Colts team). Can extend figuratively to any field where newcomers are trained.

常見錯誤

❌He is a colt in the office.
✅He is one of the colts in the office.
💡Colt is most natural in plural or with an article referring to a role.

3. a specific brand of small handgun, typically a revolver, made by the Colt compan

3.名詞B2
釋義

柯爾特

美國小型手槍品牌或製造公司

a specific brand of small handgun, typically a revolver, made by the Colt company in the United States; the name can also refer to the manufacturer itself

例句

Talia inherited a vintage Colt revolver that her grandfather bought in 1958.

Talia 繼承了一把祖父在 1958 年購買的復古 Colt 左輪手槍。

Colt revolver — brand name followed by product type

Colt stopped making the classic .45 revolver in the 1970s but brought it back years later.

柯爾特公司在 1970 年代停產經典的點四五左輪手槍，但多年後又重新推出。

company as subject — Colt stopped making [product]

同義詞
  • revolver

    a handgun with a rotating cylinder holding bullets — all Colts are revolvers or pistols, but not all revolvers are Colts

  • pistol

    any handgun, regardless of brand — broader and less specific than Colt

用法筆記

Colt is a registered trademark. Although people sometimes use the word casually for any revolver, it correctly refers only to firearms produced by the original Colt company.

常見錯誤

❌I saw a colt running across the field.' (when trying to talk about a gun)
✅He kept a Colt revolver in the bedside drawer.
💡'Colt' (the horse) and 'Colt' (the gun brand) are different lemmas that share the same spelling but have unrelated meanings.