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bloodstock

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Horses
blood·stock /ˈblʌdstɒk $ -stɑːk/ noun [uncountable]  DSHhorses that have been bred for racing 〔为赛马培育的〕纯种马 a bloodstock auction 纯种马拍卖
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bloodstockAs for insurance, the market for horses is dominated by nine main companies with an estimated bloodstock trade of £400 million.Last year Sangster sold his Vernons Pools empire for £90m in order to concentrate on his bloodstock interests.Horse racing's decline was deepened by last year's collapse in bloodstock values.But with the current depressed state of bloodstock trading there was little prospect of any records being broken.Looking after Sheikh al Hassan's bloodstock interests.By slow degrees, the world of the bloodstock sales lost the best part of its consuming interest for Dada.
blood·stock nounChineseSyllable
Corpus horses that racing bred been have for


bloodstock
bloodstock /ˈblʌdstɒk $ -stɑːk/ noun [uncountable]
horses that have been bred for racing:
    a bloodstock auction


blood·stockBrE /ˈblʌdstɒk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblʌdstɑːk/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] horses of pure breed, bred especially for racing (为赛马特地培育的)纯种马