mare
gb/mˈɛɹ/ us/mˈɛɹ/
B2
Engleză
~ 6300
kanca, rémálom, holdtenger, mare, lidérc
SUBSTANTIV
B2
1
kanca
B1
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] rides a mare
The farmer keeps three mares and one stallion in the field.
A gazda három kancát és egy mént tart a legelőn.
She won the race on a small bay mare she had trained herself.
Egy kis pej kancán nyerte meg a versenyt, amelyet ő maga edzett.
This mare has had two foals in the last five years.
They hired a gentle mare for their daughter to learn to ride on.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The mare is eating grass in the field.
A kanca füvet eszik a legelőn.
He bought a black mare for his farm.
Vett egy fekete kancát a gazdaságába.
The mare and her foal walk together.
She is afraid to ride the tall mare.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse "mare" with "mayor" because they can sound similar, but "mayor" is a person in charge of a town or city, while "mare" is an adult female horse. Learners may also think "mare" means any horse; in fact, it specifically means a female.
Sens
adult female horse
Colocații
mare and foal
|ride a mare
|brood mare
|gray mare
|thoroughbred mare
|wild mare
Sinonime
female horse (More explicit and descriptive; often used in explanations rather than as a normal noun in speech.)
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filly (Usually means a young female horse, not fully adult, so it is more age-specific than "mare".)
Antonime
stallion (An adult male horse; contrasts with "mare" in terms of sex.)
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gelding (A castrated male horse; another common opposite when sex is contrasted with a breeding female mare.)
Teme
animals
|nature
|farming
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
An adult female horse, or a female donkey or zebra that is fully grown.
An adult female horse, or the adult female of a closely related equine animal such as a donkey or zebra.
SUBSTANTIV
C1
INFORMAL
2
rémálom
B1
Tipar de utilizare:
[something] is a mare for [someone]
The train strike made getting to work an absolute mare this week.
A vasutassztrájk miatt ezen a héten kész rémálom volt munkába járni.
Sorting out the visa paperwork was a real mare.
A vízumhoz szükséges papírok elintézése igazi rémálom volt.
Her computer crashed before the deadline, and the whole afternoon turned into a mare.
Moving house without a removal company was always going to be a bit of a mare.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The trip to the airport was a mare because the bus was late.
Az út a repülőtérre kész rémálom volt, mert késett a busz.
My exam today was a mare; many questions were very hard.
A mai vizsgám kész rémálom volt; sok kérdés nagyon nehéz volt.
Booking the tickets online was a mare, so I called the office instead.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may think this "mare" always refers to a bad dream, but in modern informal UK English it usually means a difficult real-life situation. It is also easy to confuse with the animal meaning; context and tone (often complaining) show that this is the informal "problem" sense.
Sens
very difficult, unpleasant experience
Colocații
an absolute mare
|a bit of a mare
|it was a mare
|such a mare
|turned into a mare
Sinonime
nightmare (Slightly more general and common; can refer to bad dreams or very bad situations, while "mare" in this sense is only for real-life situations and is more informal.)
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ordeal (More formal and serious; suggests suffering over a period of time, while "mare" is more casual and can be used about everyday difficulties.)
Antonime
breeze (Informal word meaning something is very easy; used as the opposite of a "mare" when talking about tasks or experiences.)
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piece of cake (Informal phrase for something very easy, often contrasted with calling a task a "mare".)
Teme
daily life
|emotions
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
(Mainly UK) A very bad or difficult situation or experience, like a "nightmare" in real life.
(Mainly UK informal) A very difficult, unpleasant, or chaotic situation or experience, often caused by problems or confusion; short for "nightmare".
SUBSTANTIV
C1
TECHNICAL
3
holdtenger
C1
mare
C2
Tipar de utilizare:
[name] Mare is on the Moon
Apollo 11 landed on Mare Tranquillitatis, a large lunar mare visible from Earth.
Az Apollo–11 a Mare Tranquillitatis nevű, a Földről is látható nagy holdtengeren szállt le.
The dark patches we see on the full Moon are mostly ancient lava flows called maria, each one a mare.
A teliholdon látható sötét foltok többnyire ősi lávafolyásokból kialakult holdtengerek; latin többes számuk maria, egy-egy ilyen terület pedig mare.
Mare Imbrium is one of the largest impact basins on the Moon, later filled with basalt to form a mare.
Exemple pentru cursanți
Scientists gave each mare on the Moon a Latin name.
A tudósok a Hold minden holdtengerének latin nevet adtak.
From Earth, you can see many dark mares on the Moon.
A Földről sok sötét holdtenger látható a Holdon.
A mare is a flat, dark place on the Moon where old lava cooled.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may think this "mare" is pronounced like the animal and directly means "sea" in English. In fact it is from Latin for "sea" and is usually pronounced like the English word, but it is used only in scientific names and descriptions of the Moon and similar bodies.
Sens
dark plain on the Moon
Colocații
lunar mare
|Mare Tranquillitatis
|Mare Imbrium
|basaltic mare
|mare basalt plains
Sinonime
lunar plain (More descriptive and transparent; avoids the historical idea of a "sea" and is easier for learners to understand.)
Antonime
lunar highlands (Refers to the brighter, elevated, cratered regions of the Moon, which contrast with the darker, flatter maria (mares).)
Teme
science
|space
Definiție
A large, dark flat area on the Moon that early scientists thought was a sea when they saw it through telescopes.
In astronomy and planetary science, a large, dark basalt plain on the Moon or another rocky body, originally mistaken for a sea when viewed through early telescopes.
SUBSTANTIV
C2
LITERARY
4
lidérc
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
a mare visits [someone] in their sleep
In medieval tales, the mare was blamed for suffocating sleepers in the night.
A középkori történetekben a lidércet okolták az alvók éjszakai fojtogatásáért.
Some scholars link the word "nightmare" to the old belief in a mare, a spirit that sat on people as they slept.
Egyes kutatók az angol „nightmare” szót ahhoz a régi hiedelemhez kötik, amely szerint létezett egy lidérc: egy szellem, amely alvás közben ráült az emberekre.
The painting shows a woman lying rigid while a dark mare crouches on her chest.
Exemple pentru cursanți
In old stories, people said a mare made you have bad dreams.
A régi történetekben az emberek azt mondták, hogy egy lidérc okozza a rossz álmokat.
They believed a mare sat on your chest when you could not move in sleep.
Úgy hitték, hogy egy lidérc ül a mellkasodon, amikor alvás közben nem tudsz megmozdulni.
Writers sometimes use the old word "mare" for a bad spirit in the night.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners often assume the "mare" in "nightmare" refers to a female horse, but historically it comes from this older meaning of a harmful night spirit.
Sens
evil spirit causing nightmares
Colocații
a night mare
|oppressed by a mare
|folkloric mare
|the mare of the night
Sinonime
nightmare spirit (A descriptive modern phrase that explains the idea more clearly; not a traditional single-word term.)
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incubus (Another type of night demon in folklore; often male and with sexual overtones, so not identical but similar in being a sleep-related evil spirit.)
Antonime
guardian angel (A protective spiritual being in contrast to a harmful spirit like a mare.)
Teme
folklore
|religion
|emotions
Definiție
An old story character: a bad spirit that sits on people when they sleep and gives them terrible dreams or makes them feel they cannot move.
In traditional European folklore, an evil or harmful spirit that sits on a sleeping person’s chest and causes bad dreams or a feeling of being crushed or unable to move.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
mare
IPA
GB/mˈɛɹ/
US/mˈɛɹ/
Silabe și accent
mare (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (mare)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: mare
- Plural: mares
Familie de cuvinte
Expresii
mare's nest
1/mˈɛɹz nˈɛst/
idiom
false or confused discovery
A discovery or idea that seems important or special at first, but later shows to be wrong, not real, or just a big confusion.
Exemple
- The journalist thought he had uncovered a huge scandal, but it turned out to be a mare's nest.
- Their new theory about the painting was a mare's nest and was quickly rejected by experts.
- After weeks of investigation, the committee realized they had been chasing a mare's nest.