| 词汇 | warhorse |
| 释义 | warhorse noun uk /ˈwɔː.hɔːs/ us /ˈwɔːr.hɔːrs/ warhorsenoun (PERSON)[ C ]informal an old and experienced politician, soldier, or athlete, especially one who is still active: 老谋深算的政客;老兵;老运动员 Manchester City's old warhorse, still fighting fit at 36, was sent off for fouling after half an hour.36岁仍活跃在场上的曼城足球俱乐部老将半小时后因犯规被罚下场。 Experienced cosmopolitan duck experienced grandmother have been around the ridgesidiom pedigreed practised pseudo-sophistication ridge sea dog seasoned senior sophisticate super-sophisticated take to something like a duck to wateridiom teach your grandmother to suck eggsidiom ultra-sophisticated urbane veteran worldly-wise You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Competitors & participants in sports & games warhorsenoun (SHOW)[ Cusually singular ]often disapproving a piece of music, television show, play, or other performed piece of work that has often been performed or shown and is very famous: 老牌的节目;看家的节目 I don't understand why a ballet company can't perform fresh new material instead of just bringing out the same old warhorses year after year.我不能理解为什么一个芭蕾舞团不能上演一些新鲜素材的节目，而要年复一年地重演那些老剧目。 Spectacles & performances aerobatic am-dram amateur theater balancing act banderilla double-header magic circle masque matinee minstrel show music hall rendering routine spectacle spectacular stripping striptease super-spectacle supershow swansong Examples of warhorsewarhorse Age was starting to catch up with the old warhorse, though he was still fighting in main events. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Next came the equestrians ("equites", sometimes translated knights), originally those who could afford a warhorse, who formed a powerful mercantile class. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Warhorse as being the album's most intense moment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Warhorse baseball has made an appearance in the state championship three times, most recently in 2005, but has failed to win. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The town still had the mint and supplied a warhorse and warship for the king's service in return for its privileges of self-government. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The eleventh-century warhorse was usually smaller, usually no taller than 12 hands; 14 to 15 hands at the largest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A knight's warhorse was trained to bite and kick. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On arriving in the city he mounted a warhorse and without hesitation led an impromptu attack on the invaders who had still not penetrated beyond the suburbs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As the examples suggest, some entries are old warhorses, whereas others are less familiar. Despite the presence of powerful local nobles, the grand duke held strategic estates, especially studs of warhorses and forts on the country's frontiers in the west and north- and south-east. The military leaders are warhorses, in the sense that they have nosebags filled with paper put about their necks every morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the old political warhorses will not come out again, determined to keep all education down to the level of comprehensives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Children, especially, were required to collect these: paper, glass, tin foil, and also large quantities of foliage to feed the warhorses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In battle the squires would follow the brothers with the spare warhorses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The pages' horses, like those of the archers, were not warhorses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of warhorse These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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