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单词 horse
释义

horse1/haws/ noun (pl horses collectively horse)

a large solid-hoofed four-footed mammal that eats plants and has been, domesticated by humans since prehistoric times and used as a beast of burden, a draught animal, or for riding: Equus caballus and other species

a racehorse

a male horse; a stallion or gelding

a four-legged frame for supporting something, e.g. planks

= pommel horse

= vaulting horse

(treated as sing. or pl) cavalry

two regiments of horse

informal short for horsepower

a mass of wall rock occurring in a vein

a rope suspended from the yard of a sailing ship, on which the seamen stand when working on the sails

slang heroin

a horse of another/a different colour

a completely different thing

from the horse's mouth

said of information: from the original source; first-hand

hold one's horses

to postpone action; to restrain oneself

horses for courses

different people or things suit different needs

to horse!

archaic a command to mount

horseless adj
horselike adj
[Old English hors]

horse2verb intrans

informal (usu + around/about) to engage in horseplay

verb trans

to provide (a person or vehicle) with a horse

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