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A pony is a small horse. It is not a baby horse. A baby horse is a foal; a pony is a kind of horse that stays small even when it is grown. Children often learn to ride on ponies, and some ponies work or live on farms. The word is everyday and friendly. People stretch it a little: in old pub talk a pony can be a very small glass of beer, and in British slang a pony can mean twenty-five pounds. The phrase pony up means to pay money you owe; that is informal, mostly American, and a different use of the same spelling.
小馬；矮種馬（長成了也還是小隻，不是馬寶寶）
組成From Scots powny, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), from Late Latin pullanus (“young of an animal”), from Latin pullus. First recorded in English in 1659. It is a doublet of foal (same far-back root, two different English words).
同家族的字
- foaldoublet — same far-back Latin pullus, different path into English
- ponytailcompound: hair that hangs like a pony’s tail
- pony-trekkingcompound: riding ponies through the countryside
原始詞典資料20 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。
Ponynoun
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An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of an American-based brand of that name.
ponynoun詞源 1/ˈpəʊni/
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A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- The pony won three times in one month and as I had backed it on each occasion I collected a ‘bank’ of over £400.
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A horse of any size.
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A contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight.
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regionalA small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- 1879, “Some Queer Interviews: Interview with a Pony of Beer”, Puck, Vol. 5–6, p. 435
- ‘I’m on the inside track,’ said a pony of beer as it went galloping down a man’s throat.
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A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
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slangTwenty-five pounds (money).
- “You said a pony,” interposed Clavering; “my dear fellow, you said a pony, and I’ll be eternally obliged to you; and I’ll not take it as a gift—only as a loan, and pay you back in six months. I take my oath, I will.” “Well—well—there’s the money, Sir Francis Clavering. […] Here’s five-and-twenty for you.
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slangA translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- She kept the dates written down in her Latin 'pony', so she didn't have to bother about who it was.
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slangA ponytail hairstyle.
- His hair is a semilong dull red and pulled back in a sloppy pony at the base of his neck, and his face is riddled with small freckles and grease, but out here I can see personal hygiene isn't exactly at the top of the priority list.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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slangautomotivetransportvehiclesOne horsepower.
- How many ponies are under the hood?
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A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
- Do the monkey, do the pony / Do the slop, do the boogaloo twist.
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slangA chorus girl of small stature.
- He suggested a Rose Ballet in which he would use the G. V. Follies chorus girls, chiefly the ponies and mediums.
ponyverb詞源 1/ˈpəʊni/
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To lead (a horse) from another horse.
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To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating.
ponyadj詞源 2/ˈpəʊni/
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slangSynonym of crap: of little worth.
ponynoun詞源 2/ˈpəʊni/
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slangSynonym of crap: rubbish, nonsense.
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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。