| 词汇 | brumby |
| 释义 | brumby noun[ C ] Australian Englishuk /ˈbrʌm.bi/ us /ˈbrʌm.bi/ a wild horse, especially one that has escaped from a farm（尤指逃离农场的）野马 Horses & similar animals Arab Arabian beast beast of burdenidiom bronco chestnut equine filly gelding hoof horse-drawn hunter mare palomino steed thoroughbred trotter working horse yearling zebra I had bought a little brumby from a man we met on the Plains, an excellent pony, and most handy in winding his way through the scrub. These are known as brumbies, and are generally shot by the stock farmer, as they are of deteriorated quality, and by enticing away his mares spoil his more carefully selected breeds. Examples of brumbybrumby Thus, among names for animals, we have: kangaroo, koala, wombat, brumby (a wild horse), galah (a small, pink and grey cockatoo), barramundi (a lungfish) and bunyip (a fabulous amphibious monster). All this confusion over colour could simply be an over-analysis on the part of enthusiastic brumby book fans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Barnes said that the captain was as wild as a battery-stung brumby and warned his unwilling bowler that there would be consequences for his defiance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Barnes said the captain was as wild as a battery-stung brumby and warned his unwilling bowler that there would be consequences for his defiance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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