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单词 hobbyhorse
释义 hobbyhorse
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1.
 a. : a figure designed to resemble a horse and made of light material (as wickerwork) that is fastened about the waist of a dancer (as in the morris dance or in Spanish or Javanese dance rituals) who dances about imitating the movements of a high-spirited horse
 b. : a dancer wearing this figure and performing a dance associated with it
2. obsolete : buffoon
3.
 a. : a child's plaything which consists typically of a stick having an imitation horse's head at one end and sometimes wheels at the other and which the child straddles and pretends to ride — called also stick horse
 b. : one of the horses on a merry-go-round
 c. : rocking horse
 d. : a toy horse suspended by springs from a frame
4.
 a. : something (as a pet idea or favorite topic or special object of concern) with which one is preoccupied or to which one constantly reverts
  < this is one of his political hobbyhorses >
 specifically : a cranky obsession
 b. archaic : hobby 3b
5. : dandy horse
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