亚洲网紅露点

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mare

1

[ mair ]

noun

  1. a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.


mare

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[ mair ]

noun

Obsolete.

mare

3

[ mahr-ey, mair-ee ]

noun

Astronomy.
plural maria
  1. any of the several large, dark plains on the moon and Mars: Galileo believed that the lunar features were seas when he first saw them through a telescope.

mare

1

/ 尘蓻蓹 /

noun

  1. the adult female of a horse or zebra
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mare

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/ 藞m蓱藧re瑟; -r瑟 /

noun

  1. capital when part of a name any of a large number of huge dry plains on the surface of the moon, visible as dark markings and once thought to be seas: Mare Imbrium ( Sea of Showers )
  2. a similar area on the surface of Mars, such as Mare Sirenum
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mare

  1. Any of the large, low-lying dark areas on the Moon or on Mars or other inner planets. The lunar maria are believed to consist of volcanic basalts, and many are believed to be basins formed initially by large impacts with meteoroids and later filled with lava flows.
  2. Compare terra
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mare1

First recorded before 900; Middle English, mere, mare, maire 鈥渉orse for riding; beast of burden,鈥 Old English mere, myre 鈥渕are鈥; cognate with Old Frisian merie, Dutch merrie, German 惭盲丑谤别, Old Norse merr; the feminine equivalents to Old English mearh, Old High German marah, march, Old Norse marr, Irish marc, 鈥渉orse, steed鈥; marshal

Origin of mare2

First recorded before 900; Middle English mare 鈥渘ight goblin; incubus,鈥 Old English m忙re, mare, mere 鈥渘ightmare; monster that oppresses people in their sleep鈥; cognate with German Mahre, Old Norse mara; nightmare

Origin of mare3

First recorded in 1760鈥70; from Latin: literally, 鈥渟ea鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mare1

C12: from Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German mariha, Old Norse merr mare

Origin of mare2

from Latin: sea
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The energy shifted when Rose, the lead mare, entered the ring.

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Constitution Hill fell for the second time in succession as star mare Lossiemouth landed the Aintree Hurdle, the feature race on day one of the Grand National meeting.

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鈥淚 have two mares at home, and I鈥檓 not sure what I鈥檓 doing because I don鈥檛 know what it鈥檚 going to be like in three or four years,鈥 Sinatra said.

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The 5-year-old mare ran just off the leader and then made her move with about a sixteenth of a mile to go and just got up at the wire.

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Stallion-mediated breeding is the preferred method used in horses for several reasons, one being that it's much easier to analyze a stallion's fertility than a mare's.

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