| 单词 | hobbyhorse |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : hobby-horsen. > as lemmasˈhobby-horse ˈhobby-horse v. (intransitive) (a) to play the hobby-horse; (b) to move like a hobby-horse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > act in pantomime [verb (intransitive)] > play role or character to play (the) hobby-horse1557 hobby-horse1636 harlequinade1823 society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)] playeOE glewc900 gameOE lakec1300 solace1340 bourdc1440 dallyc1440 sporta1450 to make sportc1475 disport1480 to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509 toy?1521 pastime1523 recreate1589 jest1597 feast1609 deliciate1633 divert1670 carpe diem1817 hobby-horse1819 popjoy1853 that'll be the day1916 to play around1929 loon1969 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > hobby-horse hobby-horse1958 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker I iij Shall the Major put me besides the hobby-horse? let him hobby-horse at home. 1819 J. Keats Let. (1935) 315 He is not only reconcil'd to it but hobbyhorses upon it. 1830 J. Savage Hist. Carhampton 583 A singular custom, called ‘Hobby-horsing’ prevails here [i.e. at Minehead] on every first day of May. A number of young men..having..made some grotesque figures..rudely resembling men, and horses with long tails..perambulate the town.. performing a variety of antics. 1958 M. Pugh Wilderness of Monkeys ii. 22 A sheep started at his cursing and went hobby-horsing down the hill. 1965 Sunday Tel. 19 Sept. 24/7 She started to hobby-horse and at the third bounce in the height of the gust of about 30 knots in went her bows. 1967 Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 18/6 A continual hobby-horsing which stopped it dead about every third wave it hit. < see also as lemmas |
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