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    roan

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Animals, Horses
    roan /rəʊn $ roʊn/ noun [countable]  HBADSHa horse with some white hairs, giving it a light colour 花毛马，杂色马 —roan adjective
    Examples from the Corpus
    roan• Until Mr. Mendez came out of the hotel and Russell nudged his roan up to in front of the office.• We had one called Stumpy, a Dales short horn, light roan in colour, which we reared from a calf.• The roan plunged into the trees on the far side.    Origin roan (1500-1600) Old French Old Spanish roano
    roan nounChinese
    a Corpus white hairs, horse giving with some


    roan
    roan /rəʊn $ roʊn/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Old French
     Origin: Old Spanish roano
    a horse with some white hairs, giving it a light colour
    —roan adjective


    roanBrE /rəʊn/ 🔊NAmE /roʊn/ 🔊 nounan animal, especially a horse, that has hair of two colours mixed together 毛色斑杂的动物（尤指马）◆a strawberry roan (= with a mixture of brown and grey hair that looks pink) 一匹红毛杂色马▸ roan adjective [only before noun]