英语词汇“hinnie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

hinnie

释义

▪ I. hinny, n.|ˈhɪnɪ|
[f. L. hinnus (in same sense): cf. Gr. ἵννος, γίννος.]
The offspring of a she-ass by a stallion.
1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 155/2 An Hinnus is less than a Mule..called also an Hinnulus or little Hinne.1859Darwin Orig. Spec. ix. (1873) 261 Both the mule and the hinny resemble more closely the ass than the horse.1862Huxley Lect. Wrkg. Men 91 It is a very rare thing to see a Hinny in this Country.1890O. Crawfurd Round Calendar Portugal 308 He loads a little swift-pacing ass or hinny mule with his wares.
▪ II. hinny, v.|ˈhɪnɪ|
Also 5 henny, hyney, 6 hynny.
[In 15th c. henny, ad. F. hennir to neigh; in current form conformed to L. hinnīre.]
intr. To neigh as a horse, to whinny. Hence ˈhinnying vbl. n. and ppl. a.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.) 89 Alle þe hors of þyn ost shal noght cesse to henny to þou doo awey þe stoon.Ibid. 97 Hyneyinge of hors, chaterynge of bryddes.1530Palsgr. 585/1 Me thynketh this horse hynnyeth for yonder mare.1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xvi. 577 The Child loved a Foal..the hinnying whereof when he heard [etc.].1880Macm. Mag. Jan. 217/2 The sturdy colt that hinnied and snickered round its mother.
fig.1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair v. iii, Take no part with the wicked, young gallant; he neigheth and hinnieth; all is but hinnying sophistry.
▪ III. hinny, hinnie
Sc. and north. form of honey.

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