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单词 old-field colt
释义 old-field coltn.Virginia(名词)【弗吉尼亚】
  1. An illegitimate child. Also called Regional catch colt Regional woods colt 私生子 也作 【区域的】 catch colt【区域的】 woods colt
Etymology语源
  1. [From the unsupervised breeding of horses in unfrequented fields] [原指马在一片少有人去的土地上,在无人照管的情况下交配生产]
注释
  1. Old-field colt is one of several old-fashioned regional euphemisms for an illegitimate child. The term is native to the Virginia Piedmont,whereold-field refers to an overcultivated field allowed to lie fallow. Being isolated and usually undisturbed,these fields provided a place for unplanned breeding of horses and, figuratively, of children.A related Southern expression iswoods colt. The Western U.S. equivalent iscatch colt. Old-field colt 是美国一些地方性的委婉语对私生子的过时的委婉说法之一。 这一专有名词原为弗吉尼亚州皮德蒙特高原地区的土语,old-field 专指多年单作、可以休闲的耕地。 由于这些土地与外界隔无人搅扰,于是就为马计划外的交配生产提供了场所(喻指生孩子)。一种与之相关的南部表达法是woods colt 。 美国西部同义表达语为catch colt
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