equison

名词 n.
发音 ĕkwīʹzən

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An equisonant note. rare
  2. Groom, ostler, equerry, jockey. archaic
    — Once indeed, I confess it, I was very near falling as low: words passed between me and the more favored man of letters, who announces to the world the Works and Days of Newmarket, — the competitors at its games, their horses, their equisons and colours, and the attendant votaries of that goddess who readily leaves Paphos or Amathus for this annual celebration.

词形变化

equisons plural æquison alternative,obsolete equisons plural æquison alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin aequisonus, from aequus (“equal”) in combination with sonus (“sounding”).
词源 2
From Latin equīsō (“stable-boy, equison”), from equus (“horse”).
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