词汇 | mare |
释义 | mare noun[ C ] uk /meər/ us /mer/ marenoun[C] (HORSE)an adult female horse(成年)母马 Compare stallion narvikk/E+/GettyImages Names for the male & female of animals billy goat bitch boar boomer buck bull bullock cob doe drake drone ewe gelding nanny goat sow stag stallion steer tigress tom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Horses & similar animals marenoun[C] (WOMAN)UKvery informal a way of talking to or about a woman that shows a lack of respect: You stupid mare! Insults & abuse abusive abusively backhanded compliment brickbat catcall catcaller catcalling contumely dis jeer mouth name neg negging point-scoring put something/someone down revile sledging slight stick marenoun[C] (SITUATION)UKinformal a difficult or unpleasant situation or experience: I had a real mare trying to get the printer working again. Synonym nightmare Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic half nelson hardness have a bumpy rideidiom pall purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand rabbit hole scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom mare | American Dictionarymare noun[ C ] us/meər/ an adult female horse Examples of maremare Detection of chemotactic factors in preovulatory follicular fluid from mares. In 1954, the value of imports of stallions, mares and geldings was £5,287,000, and of exports £5,018,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I really think he is barking up the wrong tree there, and it is a pure mare's nest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he not aware that these facts are within public knowledge, and that it cannot be described as my mare's nest? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Did the inspector who visited this man's estate count the number of mares? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About 100 mares of this type were submitted for inspection and thirteen of these were chosen as suitable for allotment and placed out with custodians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has raised a mare's nest, purely for the sake of propaganda. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope he does not mean to confine his buying to breeders who have registered mares and sires under that scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She said that mares had foaled in school playgrounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Investigating a mare's nest is always an infructuous operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is any scheme in contemplation for the retaining of mares for breeding purposes? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mares are inspected and a number are selected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There may be a difficulty in finding suitable mares for the stallions without a proper premium. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question will be whether you will find the requisite number of mares; therefore whether the premiums will be paid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I entirely agree with him that the whole crux of horse breeding requirements and success is to keep the brood mares at home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of mare These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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