Beyond the “horse”: 各式各樣的馬兒

馬年，用中文拜年頗覺"腹笥甚儉"，說不上幾句就詞窮啦！(請參考教育部國語詞典)

用英文說"馬"，大家要不要考考自己？

點一下藍字條目就可以連結到圖片

1.          bay: a brown horse 褐色的馬

2.          bronco: a wild horse of the western US 美國西部的野馬

3.          brood mare: a female horse kept especially for breeding 育雛母馬

4.          chestnut: a reddish-brown horse 栗子色的馬

5.          cob: a strong horse with short legs 體格健壯的短腿馬

6.          colt: a young male horse under the age of four 小雄馬（四歲齡之內的公馬）

7.          filly: a young female horse 小雌馬

8.          foal: a young horse, especially one less than one year old 幼馬（一歲以內）

9.          gelding: a male horse that has been gelded 閹馬 (註：請注意圖片的重點部位)

10.      hunter: a type of horse, especially one used in hunting animals 獵馬

11.      mare: an adult female horse 牝馬

12.      mustang: an American wild horse （脫離馴養的）美洲野馬

13.      palomino: a horse that is gold in color with a white mane and tail （金黃馬身、白色馬鬃和馬尾的）帕洛米諾馬 (註：圖中這匹偏淺色)

14.      pony: a small type of horse （骨骼粗壯的）矮種馬（註：不是迷你馬miniature horse 哦）

15.      quarter horse: a small, strong horse that can run very fast for short distances（擅長短跑的）美洲奎特馬 (註：之所以名為 "四分之一"，是因為1/4英哩以內的賽跑，這品種的跑遍天下無敵手。)

16.      racehorse: a horse that is bred and trained for racing 賽馬

17.      roan: a horse which is red, black or brown with a few white hairs 沙色的馬

18.      Shetland pony: a very small rough-haired horse 雪特蘭矮種馬

19.      shire horse: a large strong English horse which has long hair covering its feet （英格蘭高種長毛”襪套”）夏爾馬

20.      stallion: an adult male horse which is used for breeding 種馬

21.      stud: a group of animals, especially high quality horses, kept for breeding 育種馬場

22.      thoroughbred: a horse with parents which are of the same breed and have good qualities 純種馬