courser

n. 猎狗, 战马

发音

UK /ˈkɜːsə/

词形变化

coursers 复数 coursers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dog used for coursing.

  2. 2.

    A hunter who practises coursing.

  3. 3.

    A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger.

  4. 4.

    Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus.

  5. 5.

    A stone used in building a course.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

charger

上位词 4

hunter hunting dog shorebird warhorse

下位词 2

cream-colored courser crocodile bird

相关短语

cream-colored courser [网络] 奶油色的礼服 three-banded courser double-banded courser

词源

From Middle English courser, Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius. By surface analysis, course + -er. Doublet of corsair and hussar.

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