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Bloodstock are horses that have been bred for racing. The point is the family line: people choose the mother and father with care so the young horse will run well. Racing people also use the word for the whole business of breeding and selling those horses. Blood here does not mean the red liquid; it means family, the line you come from. Stock here means animals you keep and breed — the same idea as in livestock. It is a specialist word. You will hear it from racing people and in the sports pages, not from someone talking about a pet. Though actually, not every horse counts: a farm horse or a riding-school horse is not bloodstock.
純種賽馬(為比賽培育的馬)
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bloodstocknoun
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Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
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The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。