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A lariat is a long rope with a loop at one end, used to catch cattle or horses — the same tool most people call a lasso. Lariat is the cowboy word, strong in American West speech and in Western films. You whirl the loop, throw it, and pull. The English word is just Spanish la reata (the rope, the lasso) heard as one lump, which is why it starts with l. You can also use it as a verb: to lariat an animal is to catch it with that rope. In everyday English outside ranch country, lasso is the word students will meet more. If you hear lariat, picture the same rope, with a bit more dust and cowboy on it.
套索
組成From Spanish la reata, 'the lasso / the rope.' English took the two words as one.
同家族的字
- riatathe same Spanish rope-word, without the la- at the front
原始詞典資料4 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。
lariatnoun/ˈlæɹɪət/
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A lasso.
- Not so circumscribed in expedient for the reduction of surplus wealth were those lairds of the lariat who had womenfolk to their name.
- I'm putting on my riding hat / Got my boots and my lariat / Ooh hoo I'm dressing up in style
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A tether.
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governmenthobbieslifestyleAn attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.
lariatverb/ˈlæɹɪət/
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To lasso.
- Here they dismounted, lariated their horses, in order that they might enjoy the long, green grass growing near the banks of the brook; and bathing their faces in the cool, sparkling water, they partook sparingly of their provisions.
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。