单词 | post-horse |
释义 | post-horse (once / 251475 pages) n WORD FAMILY post-horse USAGE EXAMPLESIt is worse, when the post-horse or the plow-horse is plunged up to his belly in the river or pond immediately after his work. Allen, Richard L., Domestic Animals—History and descr...(2010) He orders Makar to be transformed into a post-horse, to be used by the police commissioner. Persky, Serge, Contemporary Russian Novelists(2010) But in that unfortunate hour, or soon after, John, like Nebuchadnezzar, was driven from among men, and fled with the speed of a post-horse. Paine, Thomas, The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volum...(2010) n a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers Syn|Hyper post horse, poster Equus caballus, horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
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