Roan is a colour word for a horse whose coat mixes white hairs in with the coloured ones, so the body looks lighter, dusty, or a bit grey — not one clean colour.

Roan roan is是 a colour word一個顏色的詞 for a horse用來形容馬 whose coat牠的毛色 mixes white hairs in with the coloured ones把白毛混進了原本的顏色裡，so所以 the body整個身體 looks lighter, dusty, or a bit grey看起來比較淺、灰撲撲、或有點灰——not one clean colour不是單一乾淨的顏色。

A red roan (sometimes called strawberry roan) mixes reddish-brown with white; a blue roan mixes black or dark hair with white and can look blue-grey from far away. You can say a roan mare, or call the animal a roan.

A red roan red roan (sometimes called strawberry roan)有時也叫strawberry roan，mixes reddish-brown with white是紅棕色摻白毛；a blue roan blue roan mixes black or dark hair with white是黑色或深色毛摻白毛，and can look blue-grey from far away遠看會有點藍灰色。You can say你可以說 a roan mare a roan mare（沙毛母馬），or或者 call the animal a roan直接叫這隻動物a roan。

Though actually, it is not a breed, and it is not the same as a grey horse, whose dark coat fades as it gets older; a true roan keeps coloured hairs mixed with white, and the head and legs often stay darker.

Though actually不過事實上，it它 is not a breed不是一個品種，and而且 it is not the same as a grey horse它跟灰馬不是同一回事，whose dark coat fades as it gets older灰馬的深色毛會隨年紀增長慢慢褪色；a true roan真正的roan keeps coloured hairs mixed with white有色的毛會一直跟白毛混在一起，and而且 the head and legs頭部和腿 often stay darker通常還是比較深的顏色。

It is horse and farm talk, not everyday city talk. People sometimes use it for cattle too, but learner English almost always means the horse.

It這個詞 is horse and farm talk是馬廄、農場裡的說法，not everyday city talk不是日常城市生活會用到的詞。People sometimes use it for cattle too有時候人也會用這個詞形容牛，but但 learner English almost always means the horse在學習英語的情境裡幾乎都是指馬。