thoroughbred

英 ['θʌrəbred] 美 ['θɜːroʊbred]

• n. 纯种动物(尤指马)；有教养的人
• adj. 纯种(马)的；有教养的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a well-bred person

2. a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares

3. a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses

Adjective:

1. having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

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。

经典引文

• Nothing can be conceived more hard than the heart of a thoroughbred metaphysician.

  出自： Burke

• He never handled a gun like a thoroughbred sportsman.

  出自： M. E. Braddon

近反义词

【近义词】

• pure 纯的
• accomplished 完成的
• aristocratic 贵族的
• pedigree 家谱
• purebred (动物)纯种的...
• pureblood 纯种的
• pureblooded pureblood的异体...
• pedigreed 有来历的