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词汇 mare
释义

mare

noun
/meə(r)/
/mer/
Idioms
  1. a female horse or donkey母马;母驴 compare brood mare, filly, stallionTopics Animalsc2
  2. (British English, informal) a nightmare (= an experience that is very frightening and unpleasant, or very difficult to deal with)母马:一场噩梦(一种令人恐惧,不愉快或难以应对的经历)
    • The journey home was a bit of a mare as all of the trains were delayed.因为所有的火车都晚点了,所以回家的旅程有点艰难。
    • I had a complete mare booking tickets for the concert.我预订音乐会门票的经历真是糟糕透顶。
  3. 词源noun Old English mearh ‘horse’, mere ‘mare’, from a Germanic base with cognates in Celtic languages meaning ‘stallion’. The sense ‘male horse’ died out at the end of the Middle English period.
Idioms
a mare’s nest
  1. a discovery that seems interesting but is found to have no value(看似有趣但)毫无价值的发现
  2. a very complicated situation复杂的形势;变幻莫测的局势
    • This area of the law is a veritable mare’s nest.这一法律领域复杂难料。
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