释义
n.
a strap, or set of straps, attached at one end to the noseband (standing martingale) or reins (running martingale) of a horse and at the other end to the girth. It is used to prevent the horse from raising its head too high.
马颔缰。
[mass noun]a gambling system of continually doubling the stakes in the hope of an eventual win that must yield a net profit
(输后)加倍下注的赌法。
词源
"late 16th cent.: from French, from Spanish almártaga, from Arabic al-marta‘a ‘the fastening', influenced by martingale, from Occitan martegal ‘inhabitant of Martigues (in Provence)’."