farrier
farrier 英 [ˈfæriə(r)] 美 [ˈfæriɚ]
n. 兽医，马医；蹄铁匠
名词复数:farriers
- A farrier is a person whose job involves taking care of horses' hooves and shoeing them if they need protection. Being a farrier was far more common hundreds of years ago, when horses were a major form of transportation.
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- n. 兽医，马医；蹄铁匠
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1. But what was it the farrier asked me?
可是蹄铁匠问我什么来着？
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2. "And pray what do you want?" asked the farrier.
“请问您有何贵干？” 蹄铁匠问道。
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3. That fee does not include the farrier who shoes the horses — about $200 every four to six weeks — or the veterinarian bills.
这些费用还不包括支付给为马穿马蹄护腿的铁匠每四到六个星期200美元左右的费用以及给兽医的医药费。
- farrier (n.) 1560s, "one who shoes horses," from Middle French ferrier "blacksmith," from Latin ferrarius "blacksmith," noun use of adjective meaning "of iron," from ferrum "iron" (in Medieval Latin, also "horseshoe"); see ferro-. An earlier form of it in English was ferrer, ferrour "ironsmith" (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French ferreor, from Medieval Latin ferrator "blacksmith."
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