horse

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animals, Horsesldoce_163_hhorsehorse1 /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ S1 W1 noun 1 HBA[countable] a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things → pony, equine, equestrian a horse and cart Lee had never ridden a horse before.2 → the horses3 [countable]DSO a piece of sports equipment in a gymnasium that people jump over4 → (straight/right) from the horse’s mouth5 → horses for courses6 → a two/three/four etc horse race 7 → a horse of a different color8 → horse sense9 EXCHANGE[uncountable] old-fashioned informal heroin → dark horse, → never/don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, → be flogging a dead horse, → hold your horses1(15), → put the cart before the horse, → stalking horse, white horsesExamples from the Corpushorse• 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.horsehorse2 verb → horse around/about→ See Verb tableOrigin horse1 Old English hors

单词	horse
释义	horse From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animals, Horsesldoce_163_hhorsehorse1 /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 HBA[countable] a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things → pony, equine, equestrian a horse and cart Lee had never ridden a horse before.2 → the horses3 [countable]DSO a piece of sports equipment in a gymnasium that people jump over4 → (straight/right) from the horse’s mouth5 → horses for courses6 → a two/three/four etc horse race 7 → a horse of a different color8 → horse sense9 EXCHANGE[uncountable] old-fashioned informal heroin → dark horse, → never/don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, → be flogging a dead horse, → hold your horses1(15), → put the cart before the horse, → stalking horse, white horsesExamples from the Corpushorse• 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.horsehorse2 verb → horse around/about→ See Verb tableOrigin horse1 Old English hors
随便看	be within power to do be within remit be within spitting distance be within spitting distance (of something) be within spitting distance of be within striking distance be within the bounds of possibility be within the competence of be within the competence of something be within/beyond the bounds of possibility be within/outside somebody’s remit be without equal be without foundation be witness to be witness to something be wont to do be wont to do something be working overtime be worlds apart be worlds/poles apart be worn to a frazzle be worried be sick with worry be worried etc out of your mind be worried sick sick with worry be worried sick/be sick with worry