colt

• n.子馬；生手
• vt.鞭打ち縄で鞭打つ

語源的には子牛、子供と同じ。

colt (n.)

Old English colt "colt," originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (cognates: Swedish dialectal kult "young boar, piglet; boy," Danish kuld "offspring, brood") and akin to child. Applied to persons from early 13c.

COLT'S TOOTH An old fellow who marries, or keeps a young girl, is ?aid to have a colt's tooth in his head. ["Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796]

Colt (n.)

type of revolver, 1838, originally the manufacture of U.S. gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-1862).

1. And there are Colt 、Gisela、Pi-Ku、Weiroot and so on in other countries.

国外には Colt 、Giselaシリーズ、PiKuシリーズ、Weirootシリーズなどがある。

2.The experiment was conducted with the soft cuttings of pureus，cherry colt and pomegranate.

本文は3種類の植物：サクランボ台木 Colt 、ザクロ、アメリカ赤トラスの若枝を材料とする。

3. She bought him as a ￡1,000 colt of six months and schooled him.

6ヶ月の子馬だった時、彼女は1000ポンドでそれを購入し、訓練した。

4.The little colt shied at the fence and refused to jump over it.

この雄馬は障害物の前に出て怖くなって、飛び越えることができなかった。

5.He warn 't any more responsible than a colt .

彼はまだ毛の子にすぎない。