paddock
paddock
noun
noun
- a small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised
（牧马、训马的）围场
■an enclosure adjoining a racecourse or track where horses or cars are gathered and displayed before a race
（赛马前的）参赛马集中场；（赛车前的）参赛车停车场
■(Austral./NZ)a field or plot of land enclosed by fencing or defined by natural boundaries
(澳／新西兰)设有围栏的（或以自然边界隔开的）一片土地
- [with obj.](一般作 be paddocked)keep or enclose (a horse) in a paddock
把（马）关入围栏
horses paddocked on a hillside.
山坡上围栏里的马群。
- early 17th cent.: apparently a variant of dialect parrock, of unknown ultimate origin
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