Word · Frequency #10908
foal
马驹；驹
a young horse
- 1.
A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
马或其他马科动物的幼崽,尤其刚出生或不足一岁。
- 2.
a young horse
幼马
马或其他马科动物的幼崽,尤其刚出生或不足一岁。；幼马；驹
In use
The foal stood close to its mother in the pasture.
We watched the foal take its first unsteady steps.
The farmer fed the foal and then led it back to the stable.
a foal
作名词时，foal 指幼马。
A foal is a young horse.
马驹就是小马。
[mare] + foal
作不及物动词时，foal 表示“（母马）产驹”，主语通常是母马。
Our mare foaled early this morning.
我们的母马今天一大早就产驹了。
Common mistakes
The dog has a new foal.The dog has a new puppy.
foal 只指马、驴等马科动物的幼崽（马驹），不能泛指所有动物的幼崽；狗的幼崽是 puppy。此处误把 foal 当作通用“幼崽”使用，故应改为 puppy。
Look at that horse foal.Look at that foal.
foal 本身就含有“幼马”的意思，再加 horse 造成语义重复。英文中直接说 foal 即可，而不用 horse foal。
Connections
Collocations
- newborn foal
- 新生马驹
- The newborn foal took its first steps within an hour.那匹新生马驹在一小时内迈出了第一步。
- mare and foal
- 母马与幼驹
- The mare and foal were resting under a tree.母马和幼驹在树下休息。
- healthy foal
- 健康的幼驹
- The veterinarian examined the healthy foal and gave it a clean bill of health.兽医检查了这匹健康的幼驹，并确认它健康状况良好。
- weanling foal
- 断奶马驹
- The weanling foal was moved to a separate paddock.那匹断奶马驹被移到了单独的围场。
Idioms & figurative uses
- in foal
- （母马）怀孕的The mare is in foal.这匹母马怀孕了。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 foal：F 像鬃毛、O 像马眼、A 像耳朵、L 像腿，拼出小马驹。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：horse breeding、veterinary care、everyday descriptions of animals 作名词（马驹）时通常用于一般描述或马术语境；作动词（产驹）时多用于马匹繁殖或兽医场景。整体语域偏中性，但动词比名词更专业。
Grammar Note
名词复数为 foals；动词的过去式和过去分词为 foaled，现在分词为 foaling。
Pronunciation & Spelling
上述 coal、goal、hole、pole、role、soul 都与 foal 押韵，读音均为 /oʊl/。注意拼写相似的 fool /fuːl/ 和 foul /faʊl/ 发音不同，不要混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.