paddock

paddock
noun
  1. a small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised
    (牧马、训马的)围场
    ■an enclosure adjoining a racecourse or track where horses or cars are gathered and displayed before a race
    (赛马前的)参赛马集中场;(赛车前的)参赛车停车场
    ■(Austral./NZ)a field or plot of land enclosed by fencing or defined by natural boundaries
    (澳/新西兰)设有围栏的(或以自然边界隔开的)一片土地
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be paddocked)keep or enclose (a horse) in a paddock
    把(马)关入围栏
    horses paddocked on a hillside.
    山坡上围栏里的马群。
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: apparently a variant of dialect parrock, of unknown ultimate origin
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