6N-COUNT 马厩 A stable or stables is a building in which horses are kept. 马厩
7N-COUNT (繁殖、训练赛马的)养马场 A stable or stables is an organization that breeds and trains horses for racing. (繁殖、训练赛马的)养马场
Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.
柯林小姐在来自米克·特里齐养马场的两匹马身上下了注,结果她赢了。
8VERB [usually passive]把(马)关进马厩 When horses are stabled, they are put into a stable. 把(马)关进马厩
The animals had been fed and stabled. [beVERB-ed]
牲畜已经喂好并关进厩里了。
You should allow your stabled horse a couple of hours' freedom per day. [VERB-ed]
你应该每天把关在马厩里的马放出来自由活动几个小时。
9N-COUNT [with supplement, usually NOUNof n]接受同一经纪人服务的一群人 You can say that someone has a stable of people when they manage and promote the careers of that group of people. 接受同一经纪人服务的一群人
As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.
作为首席执行官,他手下云集了一批优雅的名人名士。
10PHRASE [VERB inflects]亡羊补牢 If you say that someone has closed or shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you mean that they have tried to prevent something happening but they have done so too late to prevent damage being done. 亡羊补牢