foal
/fəʊl/ (bre, ipa) · /fəʊl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfōl/ (ame, mw) · /foʊl/ (ame, ipa)
foal — 名詞
- foalsingular
- foalsplural
1. a horse that was born recently, usually less than one year old; also used for th
小馬駒
剛出生不久的小馬、驢或斑馬寶寶
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.
Adina 在馬廄裡看著那隻棕色的小馬駒第一次站起來。
countable noun: a foal
Two foals ran across the green field beside their mothers.
兩隻小馬駒跟在媽媽身邊，跑過綠色的草地。
plural: foals run beside their mothers
The farmer named the new foal Sunny because of its bright golden coat.
農夫因為這隻新生小馬駒身上有亮金色的毛，幫牠取名叫 Sunny。
Manuela took a photo of the small foal sleeping next to the fence.
Manuela 拍了一張小馬駒在圍欄旁睡覺的照片。
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 — 動詞
- 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.
產下小馬
母馬、母驢或母斑馬生下寶寶
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.
那匹灰色的母馬預計下個月會在農場裡產下小馬。
intransitive: a mare foals
Two of the horses on Owen's ranch foaled during the same warm week in April.
Owen 牧場裡有兩匹馬在四月那個溫暖的星期裡產下小馬。
The old brown mare foaled last night in the small wooden shed behind the house.
那匹年老的棕色母馬昨晚在屋後的小木棚裡產下小馬。
Most mares foal in the spring when the weather starts to get warmer.
大多數的母馬會在春天天氣轉暖時產下小馬。
- 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'.