请输入您要查询的英文词组:

 

词组 monkey-on-a-stick
释义 monkey-on-a-stick
adjective
a style of horse racing using short stirrups US
Popularised by jockey Ted Sloan (1874–1933), whose abnormally short legs made the style–widely used today–a necessary innovation. Also applied in the UK to the riding position adopted on early motorcycles.
  • It was not all the “monkey-on-a-stick” type of riding that made the American jockey, Ted Sloan, so successful in England. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 17, 28 June 1949
  • — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 334, 1976
随便看

 

英语词组固定搭配大全包含4241条英汉双解词组,基本涵盖了全部常用英文词组、短语的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/15 2:58:08