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foal

/fohl/US // foʊl //UK // (fəʊl) //

驹子,小马驹,胎儿,马驹

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
  1. 1
    • : to give birth to.

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Examples

  • She should enjoy the limelight while it lasts, because she will soon be expected to produce a foal a year.

  • His mare being with foal, he had chosen to make the tedious journey on foot.

  • The poor mare had unfortunately been unable to procure his help—though she tried her best—in time to save her foal.

  • Adul had caught a kiang foal four months old, which was ill and kept always turning round.

  • If health is to be preserved in early youth, the child must be treated on the same principle as a foal would be.

  • But Loki had run such a race with Svadilfari that shortly after he bore a grey foal with eight legs.