corral

大学 FREQ #18261

n. 畜栏 vt. 把...关进畜栏

发音

其它 /kəˈɹæl/
US /kəˈɹæl/

词形变化

corrals 复数 corrals corraled corraling corralled corralling corrals 三单 corraling 现在分词 corralling 现在分词 corraled 过去式 corraled 过去分词 corralled 过去式 corralled 过去分词

别名

coral

教材释义与例句

名词

畜栏；环形车阵

动词

把…关进畜栏；捕捉；把…布成车阵

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

    畜栏

    We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama.

  2. 2.

    An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.

    Please return the shopping carts to the corral.

  3. 3.

    A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.

    The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks.

v.
  1. 1.

    To capture or round up.

    Between us, we managed to corral the puppies in the kitchen.

  2. 2.

    To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.

    The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night.

  3. 3.

    To place inside of a corral.

    豢养

    After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

cattle pen cowpen

上位词 1

pen
动词

上位词 10

collect arrange setup accumulate hoard compile enclose amass close in pile up

相关短语

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词源

From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.

来源：wiktionary