Mare



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 母马; 母驴
• ［英］ n. 母马; 母驴 ( a fully mature female horse, mule, donkey)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora nightmare
• Date: before 12th century
• obsolete an evil preternatural being causing nightmares

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mere; akin to Old High German merha mare, Old English mearh horse, Welsh march
• Date: before 12th century
• a female horse or other equine animal especially when fully mature or of breeding age

III. noun (plural maria; also mares)

• Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, sea — more at marine
• Date: 1860
• any of several mostly flat dark areas of considerable extent on the surface of the moon or Mars

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