horse

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Related topics: Animals, Horses

ldoce_163_hhorse1 /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ S1 W1 noun → hoarse

1 HBA[countableC] a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things 马 → pony, equine, equestrian

a horse and cart

一辆马车

Lee had never ridden a horse before.

李以前从未骑过马。

→5 See picture of mane 鬃, neck 颈, back 背 ... →4 See picture of 见图 horse

2 the horses British EnglishBrE informalDSO horse races 赛马

Jim likes a bet on the horses.

吉姆喜欢赌马。

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the horses• They replaced the pole with one with a different flavor and the horses have let it alone.• The wicket in the main doors was still unlocked then, after they brought the horses back after the flood.• Not he, but the horses were directing the course.• Not until I began to feel the horses straining up the steep ascent to our house did I open my eyes.• We pushed through these into the tavern whilst our guide stayed outside to hold the horses.• It was Crane who had been lamed and the question arose how they were to use the horses.• He lives with the horses he trains.

3. [countableC]DSO a piece of sports equipment in a gymnasium that people jump over 跳马，鞍马〔体操器械〕

4. (straight/right) from the horse’s mouth FIND OUTif you hear or get information straight from the horse’s mouth, you are told it by someone who has direct knowledge of it 〔消息〕可靠的，直接得来的

5. horses for courses British EnglishBrE the process of matching people with suitable jobs or activities 知人善任

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horses for courses• Rather, Mr Bush is choosing horses for courses.• And Ballymoney college chiefs say it isn't a case of horses for courses.• But it was a question of horses for courses.• It does suggest horses for courses, men with the metal for matchplay golf.

6. a two/three/four etc horse race a competition or an election that only two etc competitors can win 只有两个/三个/四个队[候选人]等有获胜机会的比赛[竞选]

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a two/three/four etc horse race• The women's competition was a two horse race between last year's winners Surrey and previous champions Essex.

7. a horse of a different color (also a horse of another color American EnglishAmE) something that is completely different from another thing 全然不同的事物

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a horse of a different color• Accounting was a horse of a different color, although the Bureau tended to use the words "planning" and "accounting" to mean the same thing.

8. horse sense old-fashionedSENSIBLE sensible judgment gained from experience 〔由经验得来的〕常识 SYN common sense

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horse sense• Maud talked with a mixture of pedantry and horse sense that impressed him as singular and forcible.• Arthur looked at Flute's cross face and thought longingly of Fred's horse sense at dress rehearsals.

9. EXCHANGE[uncountableU] old-fashioned informal heroin 海洛因

→ dark horse, → never/don’t look a gift horse in the mouth at gift1(7), → be flogging a dead horse at flog(3), → hold your horses at hold1(15), → put the cart before the horse at cart1(5), → stalking horse , white horses

Examples from the Corpus

horse• This means that the rider can help his horse should he peck on landing or hesitate into a fence.• Meanwhile, Seb tied the reins of his horse to the back of the cart before sprinting towards the manor house.• Athelstan stopped his horse outside St Erconwald's and thought about that further.• He kisses her and swings on to his horse.• If you have a performance horse, be wary of prohibited substances.• The horse rolled over on me and I had to jump off to safety.• The horse was third favourite, quite well backed.

horse2 verb

1 horse around/about phrasal verbphr v informalVIOLENT to play roughly 胡闹，哄闹 → horseplay

Stop horsing around – you’ll break something!

别胡闹了，你会打破东西的！

Origin horse1

Old English hors

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