English Dictionary

mustang

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmʌs.tæŋ/

名詞

アメリカ英語 俗語

A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west. / (US, military slang) A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer during the American Civil War.

日本語の意味

北米西部に生息する小型で頑 強な野生馬。 / （米国、軍事スラング）南北戦争時に商船出身から任官した海軍将校としての人物を指す。

A mustang grazed at dawn along the ridge, its mane whipped by the cold wind.

北米西部の小柄でたくましい野生化した馬が夜明けに尾根で草を食み、冷たい風にたてがみをなびかせていた。

意味（1）

A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.

The mustang pony, the invariable companion of the inhabitant of the prairie, whether he is rich or poor, is a little creature, apparently narrow-chested, and small across the loins.

意味（2）

(US, military slang) A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer during the American Civil War.

He is a product of the merchant marine and is one of the officers called Mustangs who entered the navy during the Civil War.

意味（3）

(US, military slang, generalized) A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person.

September-December 1918, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, volume 120, Outlook Publishing Company, page 417:

mustangs （ plural ）