n (1)马厩(building for the lodging and feeding of animals，esp horses)[C]：a horse/cow～马厩/牛棚;lock the～door after the horse is stolen 失马锁厩，为时已晚;

(2)专用马厩，马厩中的马(horse-keeping establishment;group of racing horses with one owner or trainer kept in this)[C，常 pl](复数具有单数意义，接sing动词)：own/run a racing～(s) 拥有/经营赛马的马厩;

(3)训练场所(地)(place，such as an athletics club，a school，etc，where people are trained in the same way)[C]：fighters from Terry Dixon's～来自特里·迪克逊训练场的拳击手们;a～lawyers 律师同行;out of the same～同一地方培养出来的;

vt 放在马厩里(put or keep(a horse)in a stable)[T+n]：He looked for an inn where he could sleep and～his horse. 他寻找一个既能住宿又能歇马的旅店。The motor scooter is～d at the farm.小型摩托车放在农场的马棚里。

→′stabling n 马厩设备;′stable-boy，also ′stable-ladn 小马倌，马童