mare
mare1
[mɛː]
noun
mare2
[ˈmɑːreɪ, -ri]
(pl. maria ˈmɑːrɪə)
[mɛː]
noun
- the female of a horse or other equine animal
母马；母驴
■(Brit. informal, derogatory)a woman
(英，非正式，贬)女人
- Old English mearh 'horse', mere 'mare', from a Germanic base with cognates in Celtic languages meaning 'stallion'. The sense 'male horse' died out at the end of the Middle English period
mare2
[ˈmɑːreɪ, -ri]
(pl. maria ˈmɑːrɪə)
- (Astronomy)a large, level basalt plain on the surface of the moon, appearing dark by contrast with highland areas
(天文)海（月球表面的玄武岩平原，同高原地带相比显黑暗）
[in names]Mare Imbrium.
雨海。
- mid 19th cent.: special use of Latin mare sea'; these areas were once thought to be seas
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