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词汇 horse
释义 horse
noun
uk /hɔːs/ us /hɔːrs/

horsenoun (ANIMAL)


A1[ C ]
a large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things or pulling vehicles: 马
to ride a horse骑马
a horse and cart一辆马车
 
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 the horses[ plural ]informal
horse races where you try to win money by correctly guessing which horse will win: 赌马,赛马
He spends all his money on the horses.他把所有的钱都花在赌马上了。
He climbed onto his horse and set off at a relaxed trot down the lane.
My horse is a bit timid and is easily frightened by traffic.
We heard horses clip-clopping along the road.
A total of 21 horses were entered for the race.
It's a beautiful horse but a bit too frisky for an inexperienced rider.这匹马很漂亮,但对一个没经验的骑手来说有点儿太好动了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Horses & similar animals
Arab
Arabian
beast
beast of burdenidiom
bronco
donkey
equine
filly
gelding
hoof
horse-drawn
hunter
palomino
stallion
steed
thoroughbred
trotter
withers
working horse
yearling

horsenoun (SPORTS EQUIPMENT)


[ C ](alsovaulting horse)
a tall piece of equipment that people jump over in gymnastics: 跳马,鞍马
Her routine was a front handspring vault in which she had to block high off the horse, stay straight in the air and stick the landing.
He's like a gymnast lining up a run to the vaulting horse.
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Gymnastics
aerialist
artistic gymnastics
asymmetric bars
back lever
backflip
balance beam
buck
gym
gymnast
rope climb
rope climbing
split
spotter
stand on your hands/headidiom
stick the landingidiom
the splitsphrase
trampoline
trapeze
twist
uneven bars

horsenoun (GAME)


[ U ]US(alsoH-O-R-S-E)
an informal basketball game for two or more people in which players take turns to score a basket and the other players have to copy the way they scored. If a player fails to score, they are given a letter, starting with H, then O, etc. and when a player has all the letters of the word "horse", they leave the game:
Deena and her mom played horse at their backyard basketball hoop.
a game of horseWho would you most like to challenge to a game of H-O-R-S-E ?
They played a game of H-O-R-S-E together.
We would play horse and she would kick my butt because she had that hook shot that nobody else could do!
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Basketball, netball & volleyball
airball
alley-oop
b-ball
backcourt
backfield
dime
dunk
foul
game ball
goaltending
granny shot
half-court
half-court press
pivot
quintet
rebound
rebounder
rebounding
reverse dribble
turnover

horsenoun (DRUG)


[ U ]slang
→ heroin海洛因(同 heroin)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Specific types of drug
acaricide
alprazolam
amnesiac
anaphrodisiac
anti-AIDS
Dexedrine
digoxin
dissociative
E, e
ecstasy
gas and air
heroin
pep pill
popper
roach
smack
tetrahydrocannabinol
truth serum
visionary
Xanax

Idioms


(straight) from the horse's mouth
have a horse in the race
horses for courses
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink

horse | American Dictionary


horse
noun[ C ]
us/hɔrs/
a large animal with four legs that people ride on and which, esp. in the past, was used for pulling vehicles and carrying loads:
She taught him how to ride a horse.
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