skewbald

英式音标：[ˈskju:bɔ:ld]

美式音标：[ˈskjuˌbɔld]

概况：

adj. 花斑的；褐底白斑的

n. 花斑马

词义：

adj.

花斑的；

用法：

权威例句

SKEWBALD

SKEWBALD

SKEWBALD

A Discussion on Skewbald of Ceramic Metallization

[Skewbald horses and review of their veto for Spanish thoroughbred]

Skewbald, the New Forest Pony

BRITISH SKEWBALD AND PIEBALD ASSOCIATION STALLION ...

Skewbald / Grand Union

Skewbald Wizard; SHADING IT: Honeypot Splenda Up Front over the Jumps at Newton Abbot and at Home (Right) with Breeder Sue Kennedy

History of origin of Little Jüz tribes of Kazakh people

同义词：piebald

英语词源：

skewbald

skewbald: [17] Skewbald, which denotes a horse with brown and white patches, is a compound formed (on the model of piebald) from an earlier skued ‘skewbald’ and bald (in the ancestral sense ‘having white patches on the coat’). It is not clear where skued came from. One candidate as its ancestor is Old French escu ‘shield’, as if it meant etymologically ‘marked with shield shapes’ or ‘chequered’, but another possibility is Middle English skew ‘(cloudy) skies’.

skewbald (adj.)

1650s, "having white and brown (or some other color) patches, spotted in an irregular manner" (used especially of horses), from skued "skewbald" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin, + bald "having white patches" (see bald). First element said to be unconnected with skew (v.) (but Klein's sources say it is); OED suggests perhaps from Old French escu "shield," but also notes a close resemblance in form and sense with Icelandic skjottr, "the history of which is equally obscure." Watkins says it is Scandinavian and akin to Old Norse sky "cloud" on the resemblance of the markings to cloud cover.

When the white is mixed with black it is called 'pie-bald,' with bay the name of 'skew-bald' is given to it. ["Youatt's 'The Horse,' " 1866]

As a noun meaning "skewbald horse" from 1863.

造句：

1. A receptacle to hold the relics of saints; a reliquary.

神龛存放圣骨的容器; 圣骨盒.

来自互联网

[ reliquary 造句 ]