英语词汇“one-horse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	one-horse
释义	Trends of one-horse View usage for: one-horse 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If someone describes a town as a one-horse town, they mean it is very small, dull, and old-fashioned. [disapproval] Would you want to live in a small, one-horse town for your whole life? Synonyms: small, slow, quiet, minor More Synonyms of one-horse 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will obviously win it. He described the referendum as a one-horse race. For so long it seemed like the title was a one-horse race. one-horse in British English adjective 1. drawn by or using one horse 2. (prenominal) informal small or obscure a one-horse town one-horse in American English (ˈwʌnˈhɔrs) adjective 1. drawn by or using a single horse 2. US, Informal having little importance; limited in resources, scope, etc.; petty; inferior More idioms containing one-horse a one-horse town a one-horse race Examples of 'one-horse' in a sentence one-horse It was too big for itself somehow, fourteen storeys high on the edge of a one-horse town. Laurie Graham MR STARLIGHT (2004) Not for some godforsaken one-horse town in the middle of nowhere. Murray, Stephen DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2004) You have any problems with your one-horse bank, let me know. Elizabeth Lowell BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (2004)
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