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单词 white horse
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white horse

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noun

a white-topped wave; whitecap.

Origin of white horse

First recorded in 1640–50

Words nearby white horse

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Definition for white horse (2 of 2)

Whitehorse
[ hwahyt-hawrs, wahyt- ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɔrs, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

a town in and the capital of the Yukon Territory, in NW Canada.
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Example sentences from the Web for white horse

  • We dined at the White-Horse there, and after dinner she drank very freely.

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  • After being severed from the whale, the white-horse is first cut into portable oblongs ere going to the mincer.

    Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
  • I did so much want to have a white-horse to make me think of the sea for ever and ever.

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British Dictionary definitions for white horse (1 of 2)

white horse

noun

the outline of a horse carved into the side of a chalk hill, usually dating to the Neolithic, Bronze, or Iron Ages, such as that at Uffington, Berkshire
(usually plural) a wave with a white broken crest

British Dictionary definitions for white horse (2 of 2)

Whitehorse
/ (ˈwaɪtˌhɔːs) /

noun

a town in NW Canada: capital of the Yukon Territory. Pop: 16 843 (2001)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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