a type of small horse 小型馬；矮馬 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wild
- polo
- pit
- …
- ride
- lead
- groom
- …
- whinny
- canter
- gallop
- …
- club
- ride
- riding
- …
- a pony and trap
- (British English, slang)
£25 25 英鎊 see also one-trick pony
Word Originmid 17th cent.: probably from French poulenet ‘small foal’, diminutive of poulain, from late Latin pullanus, from Latin pullus ‘young animal’.
Idioms
a dog and pony show
- (North American English, informal, disapproving)
an event that is planned only in order to impress people so that they will support or buy something （爲公關或促銷而舉行的）造勢活動 the dog and pony show of his visits to the war zone 他參觀戰區的狗展 a dog and pony show to sell the idea to investors 向投資者推銷這一想法的“狗和小馬秀”
(on) Shanks’s pony
- (British English, informal)
walking, rather than travelling by car, bus, etc. 步行；徒步 ‘How did you get here?’ ‘Shanks’s pony!’ “你是怎麽到這裏的，”。“香克斯的小馬，”。