paddock
美音:
[´pædək
]英音:
[´pædək
]n.(马厩或宅房的)小牧场,围场
难易程度:
paddock为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:paddocked 过去分词:paddocked 现在分词:paddocking 第三人称单数:paddocks
词根
-ock 具有“缩小”意义的名词字尾
近义词, 同义词
paddock
/'pædək; `pædək/
n
1 small field where horses are kept or exercised (放牧和驯马用的)小围场.
2 enclosure at a racecourse or race-track where horses or racing-cars are brought together and paraded before a race (准备参赛的马或车的)检阅场.
paddock
n[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: parrock 'enclosed piece of ground' (11-19 centuries), from Old English pearroc]
especially BrE a small field in which horses are kept
a piece of ground where horses are brought together before a race so that people can look at them