pony

英 ['pəʊnɪ] 美['poni]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

n. 矮种马；小型马
adj. 小型的；每日摘要的
vt. 付清
vi. 付清

CET6+TEM4GRE中低频词常用词汇哺乳动物

中文词源

pony 矮马，小马

来自苏格兰语powny,来自中古法语poulenet,小马，马驹，来自拉丁语pullus,小动物，词源同pullet,pupil.后用于指一种兜风的矮马。

词态变化

复数: ponies;

英文词源

pony: pony: [18] Latin pullus denoted a ‘young animal’, particularly a ‘young horse’ or ‘young chicken’ (it is related to English foal, and has given English pool ‘collective amount’, poultry, and pullet). From it was derived in post-classical times pullāmen, which passed into Old French as poulain ‘foal’. This had a diminutive form poulenet, and it is thought that this was the source of the early 18th-century Scottish term powny, which in due course spread southwards as pony.
=> foal, pool, poultry, pullet
pony (n.): 1650s, powny, from Scottish, apparently from obsolete French poulenet "little foal" (mid-15c.), diminutive of Old French poulain "foal," from Late Latin pullanus "young of an animal," from Latin pullus "young of a horse, fowl, etc." (see foal (n.)) [Skeat's suggestion, still accepted].

German, sensibly, indicates this animal by attaching a diminutive suffix to its word for "horse," which might yield Modern English *horslet. Modern French poney is a 19c. borrowing from English. Meaning "crib of a text as a cheating aid" (1827) and "small liquor glass" (1849) both are from notion of "smallness" (the former also "something one rides"). As the name of a popular dance, it dates from 1963. The U.S. Pony Express began 1860 (and operated about 18 months before being superseded by the transcontinental telegraph). The figurative one-trick pony is 1897, American English, in reference to circus acts.
pony (v.): 1824, in pony up "to pay," of uncertain origin. OED says from pony (n.), but not exactly how. In other sources said to be from slang use of Latin legem pone to mean "money" (first recorded 16c.), because this was the title of the Psalm for March 25, a Quarter Day and the first payday of the year (the Psalm's first line is Legem pone michi domine viam iustificacionum "Teach me, O Lord, the ways of thy statutes").

双语例句

1. Naomi was given a pony and taught to ride side-saddle.: 别人给娜奥米一匹小型马并教会她如何侧骑马。

2. I had a very good 14.2 hands pony, called Brandy.: 我有一匹很棒的14.2手高的小马，名叫布朗迪。

3. People can't even afford to pony up for movie tickets.: 人们甚至买不起电影票。

4. She trotted her pony around the field.: 她骑着小马绕场慢跑。

5. His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.: 他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物.

英英释意

1. a range horse of the western United States

2. an informal term for a racehorse;: "he liked to bet on the ponies"

3. a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

4. a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

5. any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder

考试真题

By feeding the ponies, tourists increase the risk of them getting hit by a car, and make them harder to gather during the area's annual pony drift (迁移).

Dartmoor has 1, 000 or so ponies, who play a critical role in creating the diversity of species in this area.

Many people are working hard to preserve these ponies, and trying to come up with plans to find a sustainable future for one of dartmoor's most financially-troubled elements.

One of the purposes of the annual pony drift is to control the number of ponies.

Some of them are also later sold, in order to limit the number of ponies according to the rules set by natural england.

The officer immediately sent a local farmer out to check on the pony.

The pony had actually been trapped between two rocks.

The pony responsible was queuing up for some ice cream in the car park near Haytor, and perhaps thought I'd jumped in ahead of him.

The purpose of a pony drift is to gather them up so their health can be checked, the baby ones can be stooped from feeding on their mother's milk, and those who've gone beyond their limited area can be returned to their correct area.

The reason why the ponies here are naughty is that Haytor is a tourist-heavy area and tourists are constantly feeding the ponies foods, despite signs asking them not to.

While walking, I noticed a pony roll over on his back.

实用场景例句

Each guest had to pony up $40 for the meal.: 每位来宾都得为这顿饭付40元。

The pony was coming along at his own pace and doing exactly with the whole concern.: 小马自由自在地向前走着,完全按照自己的意志动作.

This year, Linda got her own pony as a birthday present.: 今年, 琳达得到了一匹小马作为生日礼物.

Margaret: I'll come with you. I need to buy a noseband for my daughter's pony.: 玛格丽特: 我和你一起去. 我得给女儿的小马买个鼻羁.

Second Pony: The cows told us it was safe and shallow.: 马二哥: 小牛说河水很浅,过河很安全.

No matter how hard pony looked, it couldn't see its rider.: 无论小马是多么的努力, 都无法看到它的骑士.

The ensuing spring deprived her of her valued friend the old grey pony.: 接踵而来的春季夺去了她心爱的朋友,那匹衰老的灰色小马.

I reckon you'll pony up the 5,000 dollars, won't you?: 我想你会付这5,000块钱的, 对不对?

But the neighbor didn't enjoy this and later sold the pony to another.: 但这个邻居不喜欢它,随后把小马卖给了别人.

My pony is now 18 but he loves to gallop over the downs!: 我的小马已经十八岁了,他喜欢在开阔的高地上飞奔.

MORTY: Hey, I agree with him. Nobody likes a kid with a pony.: 莫蒂: 嗨, 我同意我小子. 没人喜欢有马驹儿的孩子.

Rounded hem with tonal pony embroidery at the left gusset. Elegant French cuffs.: 圆角下摆与音调的左折小马刺绣. 优雅的法国袖口.

Fred may get a pony for Christmas because his father is making money hand over fist.: 过圣诞节弗雷德可能会得到一匹小马,因为他父亲正在赚大钱.

She drank a pony of brandy.: 她喝了一小杯白兰地.

Rhett bought his daughter a pony to ride on.: 瑞德给他的女儿买了一匹小马来骑.

They made him pony up the money he owed.: 他们逼他还债.

The green rider and pony were missing, Outside on the road it was a funny sight.: 绿色的骑士和小马被淘汰了,主干道外围出现了一幅滑稽的景象.

He jumped his pony across the brook.: 他使小马驹跳过了小河.

A neighbor was able to acquire a pony for a time.: 一度一个邻居能有一匹小马.

His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.: 他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物.

She can't come pony trekking after all because she's in a delicate condition.: 她结果还是不能坐小马车旅行,因为她已怀孕.

Seeing him coming, the pony began to fling out.: 那匹小马看到他进来就开始又踢又跳.

It is a piebald pony.: 这是一匹黑白斑小型马。

She trotted her pony around the field.: 她骑着小马绕场慢跑。

The IMF is not prepared to pony up the second half of the $4 billion.: 国际货币基金组织不准备支付后一半40亿美元的款项。

The pony scrabbled up and waited for the rider, who remounted and carried on.: 小马挣扎着站了起来等着骑车，直到他再次上马赶路。

I had a very good 14.2 hands pony, called Brandy.: 我有一匹很棒的14.2手高的小马，名叫布朗迪。

People can't even afford to pony up for movie tickets.: 人们甚至买不起电影票。

James struck up a friendship with a small boy who owned a pony on the island.: 詹姆斯和小岛上一个养了一匹小马的小男孩儿交上了朋友。

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