thoroughbred
英 [ˈθʌrəbred] 美 [ˈθɜroʊbred]

n.

纯种的动物（尤指马）；受过严格训练的人，有教养的人；

adj.

纯种的，良种的；受过严格训练的，有教养的；第一流的，优秀的；

变形

复数：thoroughbreds

英英释义

thoroughbred[ 'θʌrəbred, 'θə:rəu- ]

• n.
  • a well-bred person
  • a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
  • a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses

    同义词：purebredpureblood

• adj.having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

  同义词：pedigree(a)pedigreedpurebloodpureblooded

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred.
   好好地锻炼自己，就像马贩调教纯种好马一样。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. He's a thoroughbred boxer with an outstanding pedigree.
   他是只纯种拳师狗,有优秀血统。
2. They normally produce about ten-thousand thoroughbred foals each year.
   他们每年出产大约1万只良种马驹。
3. No matter how much you disagree with your kin, if you are a thoroughbred you will not discuss their shortcomings with the neighbors.
   不管你对家里人有多不满,如果你是一个受过教养的人,你就不会在邻居面前谈论家人的是非。

权威例句

An assessment of wastage in Thoroughbred racing from conception to 4 years of age
Factors associated with gastric lesions in thoroughbred racehorses
Reproductive efficiency of intensively managed Thoroughbred mares in Newmarket
Musculoskeletal responses of 2-year-old Thoroughbred horses to early training. 5. Kinematic effects
Metabolic response to maximal exercise of 800 and 2,000 m in the thoroughbred horse
Exercise induced hormonal and metabolic changes in Thoroughbred horses: effects of conditioning and acepromazine
Management factors associated with stereotypic and redirected behaviour in the thoroughbred horse.
Microsatellite diversity, pedigree relatedness and the contributions of founder lineages to thoroughbred horses
Concentrations of progestagens and oestrogens in the faeces of pregnant Lipizzan, trotter and thoroughbred mares
Prevalence of superficial digital flexor tendonitis and suspensory desmitis in Japanese Thoroughbred flat racehorses in 1999