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tarpan

/tahr-pan/US // tɑrˈpæn //UK // (ˈtɑːpæn) //

沥青,沥青板,沥青混凝土

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.

Examples

  • Another species, the Tarpan, roams the Steppes of Tartary, and is with great difficulty tamed to the use of man.

  • Tarpan, tar′pan, n. the small wild horse of the steppes of Russia.

  • He resembles the tarpan or wild horse of the Caspian steppes.