halter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɒltə/|/ˈhɔːltə/    美 /ˈhɔltɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
  2. One who halts or limps; a cripple.
  3. Alternative form of haltere. alt-of,alternative
  4. A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
    — And Crates said, that love was cured with hunger, if not by time; and in him that liked not these two meanes, by the halter [translating hart].
  5. A halter top.
动词 v.
  1. To place a halter on. transitive
    — What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?

词形变化

halters plural helter alternative,Northern-England,obsolete halters present,singular,third-person haltering participle,present haltered participle,past haltered past helter alternative,Northern-England,obsolete halters plural halteres plural

词汇关系

衍生词
halterbreak halterini halterkini halterless halterneck halter neck halterpath halter-sack halter-top riding halter slip-halter unhalter wag-halter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”), from Proto-West Germanic *halftrijā (“harness”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), equivalent to half- + -ter.
Cognate with Scots helter (“halter”), Dutch halfter, halster (“halter”), Low German halfter, helchter, halter (“halter”), German Halfter (“halter, holster”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English halt
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English halter
From halt + -er.
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