pony
pony 英 [ˈpəʊni] 美 [ˈpoʊni]
n. 矮种马；小型马 adj. 小型的；每日摘要的 vt. 付清
名词复数:ponies
- A pony is just like a horse, only shorter. Riding a pony can be less intimidating than riding a horse, because you sit a little closer to the ground. Giddy-up!
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- n. 矮种马；小型马
- adj. 小型的；每日摘要的
- vt. 付清
- vi. 付清
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1. My guess is that after years of being the trick pony, he wanted to see what it was like to be the ringmaster.
在我看来，可能是当了这么多年会变戏法的小马之后，他现在很想看看当马戏团主事什么感觉。
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2. Imagine it’s a Saturday and your friends come over for a cookout and to see your new horse, and they pull up and they see you on your pony, your feet almost touching the ground.
想想吧，周六，您的朋友过来和您出去野炊，顺便看看您新买的马，他们矗立原地，目瞪口呆的看着您的矮种马，还有您那几乎与地面亲密接触的双脚。
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3. Here’s the bottom line: If we want to end our oil addiction, we, as citizens, need to pony up: bike to work, plant a garden, do something.
这里有一条底线：如果我们想结束对石油的极度依赖，作为公民的我们必须作出牺牲：骑自行车上班，种植一个花园，有所作为。
- pony (n.) 1650s, powny, from Scottish, apparently from obsolete French poulenet "little foal" (mid-15c.), diminutive of Old French poulain "foal," from Late Latin pullanus "young of an animal," from Latin pullus "young of a horse, fowl, etc." (from PIE root *pau- (1) "few, little") [Skeat's suggestion, still accepted]. Compare, from the same source, foal, filly, Sanskrit potah "a young animal," Greek polos "foal," Latin pullus "young animal," Lithuanian putytis "young animal, young bird."
- pony (v.) 1824, in pony up "to pay," of uncertain origin; similar uses of pony or poney in the sense "money" date to late 18c. OED says from pony (n.), but not exactly how. "Dictionary of American Slang" says it is from slang use of Latin legem pone (q.v.) to mean "money" (first recorded 16c.), because this was the title of the Psalm for March 25, a Quarter Day and the first payday of the year. Latin pone is the imperative of Latin ponere "to put, place" (see position). Related: Ponied; ponying.
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