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词汇 jennet
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Definition of jennet in English:

jennet

noun ˈdʒɛnɪtˈdʒɛnət
  • 1A kind of small Spanish horse.

    西班牙小马

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two cousins and their jennet symbolically parallel the uneasy relations between colonial tourist and colonized native.
    • We've got spotted hyena, cheetah, some of the smaller carnivores, jennets and things like that.
    • Meanwhile, in Rome, on ‘a bright winter's day the [victorious] Mercantorio Colonna entered the city on a white jennet.’
  • 2A female donkey.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, a single female donkey (or jennet in technical terms) can be used for sheep or goat protection.
    • A female donkey mated with a male horse creates a hinny or jennet.
    • Once the jennet is introduced into a sheep/goat herd it undergoes a bonding stage.

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from Spanish jinete 'light horseman', from Spanish Arabic Zenāta, the name of a Berber people famous for horsemanship.

Rhymes

Bennett, genet, rennet, senate, sennet, sennit, tenet

Definition of jennet in US English:

jennet

nounˈdʒɛnətˈjenət
  • 1A kind of small Spanish horse.

    西班牙小马

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We've got spotted hyena, cheetah, some of the smaller carnivores, jennets and things like that.
    • The two cousins and their jennet symbolically parallel the uneasy relations between colonial tourist and colonized native.
    • Meanwhile, in Rome, on ‘a bright winter's day the [victorious] Mercantorio Colonna entered the city on a white jennet.’
  • 2A female donkey.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, a single female donkey (or jennet in technical terms) can be used for sheep or goat protection.
    • Once the jennet is introduced into a sheep/goat herd it undergoes a bonding stage.
    • A female donkey mated with a male horse creates a hinny or jennet.

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from Spanish jinete ‘light horseman’, from Spanish Arabic Zenāta, the name of a Berber people famous for horsemanship.

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