pony• Isaac is known among the country as an expert at geldingponies.• He slept next to his pony.• He should love the colt as he loved the mudpony.• Joanna had insisted on keeping the pony and trap when her husband had bought the Armstrong.• And tomorrow the ponies are coming.• The pony told him to leave him and go to his family, but to return to him the next morning.• Remember though that these ponies are wild animals and shouldn't be approached.• Giles toiled away and was economical but his tendontrouble occasionally gave him the look of a woundedpony.
pony2 verb (ponied, ponying, ponies)
1pony up (something)phrasal verbphr vAmerican EnglishAmE informalto find or produce a particular amount of money 搞到;拿出〔一笔钱〕
All investors had to pony up a minimum of $5000.
各投资者必须最少出资5,000美元。
From Longman Business Dictionary
ponypo·ny /ˈpəʊniˈpoʊ-/ verb (past tensepst and past participleppponied)
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PONY | PONY + VERB | PONY + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤wild小野馬▸➤polo馬球用馬▸➤pit (BrE, historical) 井下用馬◇Pit ponies were used in most mines at the turn of the last century.上世紀初多數礦井都用矮種馬進行井下運輸。VERB + PONY➤ride騎小馬▸➤lead牽小馬▸➤➤groom刷洗小馬▸➤saddle給小馬裝鞍➤shoe給小馬釘蹄鐵PONY + VERB➤whinny小馬嘶鳴➤canter, gallop, trot小馬慢跑/飛奔/小跑PONY + NOUN➤club矮種馬馬術俱樂部➤ride騎小馬▸➤riding, trekking (both especially BrE) 騎小馬消遣;騎小馬出遊PHRASES➤a pony and trap (especially BrE) 小馬拉的雙輪輕便馬車