sea horse

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
  2. Any of a series of high-value British stamps issued during the reign of King George V, featuring a depiction of Britannia on a chariot in choppy seas.
  3. A hippopotamus. obsolete
    — As most authors mention the hippopotamus under the names of the sea-horse, or the sea-cow, he has sometimes been confounded with the latter, which inhabits only the northern seas.
  4. A walrus. obsolete
    — One morning we had vast quantities of sea-horses about the ship, which neighed exactly like any other horses.
  5. Synonym of hippocampus.
    — Instead, it seems to be a unique case that ends in the tail of a hippocamp or seahorse, although with one fin now missing. Ultimately, the form might have been inspired by bent-leg vases produced in Greece.

词形变化

sea horses plural seahorse alternative sea-horse alternative

词源

From Middle English sehors (“walrus”), equivalent to sea + horse. Probably a calque of obsolete French cheval de mer or directly of Late Latin caballus marinus. Named so after the shape of its head being similar to horse's head.
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