This flashcard defines "horse" primarily as a large animal that can be ridden or used for pulling, but also mentions its use in horse racing, as gymnastics equipment (vaulting horse), and in the idiom "from the horse's mouth" to mean directly from a reliable source.
This flashcard defines "horse" primarily as a large animal that can be ridden or used for pulling, but also mentions its use in horse racing, as gymnastics equipment (vaulting horse), and in the idiom "from the horse's mouth" to mean directly from a reliable source.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]马 A horse is a large animal which people can ride. Some horses are used for pulling ploughs and carts.
A small man on a grey horse had appeared.
一个骑着灰马的小个子男人出现了。
2
[N-PLURAL 复数名词]赛马 When you talk about the horses, you mean horse races in which people bet money on the horse which they think will win.
[the N]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
He still likes to bet on the horses.
他仍然喜欢赌马。
3
[N-COUNT 可数名词](体操器械)跳马 A vaulting horse is a tall piece of gymnastics equipment for jumping over.
4
[PHRASE 短语]从知情人那里直接(获悉) If you hear something from the horse's mouth, you hear it from someone who knows that it is definitely true.
[v PHR]
He has got to hear it from the horse's mouth. Then he can make a judgment as to whether his policy is correct or not.
他必须得到千真万确的信息才行。这样他才能判断自己的政策是否正确。
5
See also:
clothes horse
;
dark horse
;
rocking horse
;
seahorse. to put the cart before the horse
; →see:
cart
;
相关词组:
horse around
Oxford
horse★/hɔːs; NAmEhɔːrs/
noun
,
verb
horsehorseshorsedhorsingnoun★1★a large animal with four legs, a mane(= long thick hair on its neck) and a tail. Horsesare used for riding on, pulling carriages,etc. 马◆He mounted his horse and rode off.他跨上马骑走了。◆a horse and cart一辆马车☞see also
colt
(1 ),
filly
,
foal
,
gelding
,
mare
,
stallion
2the horses[plural ]( informal) horse racing 赛马◆He lost a lot of money on the horses (= by gambling on races).他赌赛马输了很多钱。3=
vaulting horse
☞see also
clothes horse
,
hobby horse
,
Quarter Horse
,
rocking horse
,
sea horse
,
stalking horse
,
Trojan horse
,
white horses
IDIOMS(straight) from the horse's ˈmouth( informal) (of information 信息)given by sb who is directly involved and therefore likely to be accurate 直接的;可靠的hold your ˈhorses( informal) used to tell sb that they should wait a moment and not be so excited that they take action without thinking about it first 且慢;请三思ˌhorses for ˈcourses( BrE) the act of matching people with suitable jobs or tasks 知人善任ORIGINThis expression refers to the fact that horses race better on a track that suits them. 含义来自马在合适的跑道上跑得更快。a one, two, three, etc. horse ˈracea competition or an election in which there are only one, two, etc. teams or candidates with a chance of winning 只有一个(或两个、三个)队(或候选人)有获胜机会的比赛(或竞选)you can ˌlead/ˌtake a horse to ˌwater, but you ˌcan't make it ˈdrink( saying) you can give sb the opportunity to do sth, but you cannot force them to do it if they do not want to 牵马近水易,逼马饮水难;机会可以给,做不做由人;老牛不饮水,不能强按头☞more at
back
v.,
barn
,
cart
n.,
change
v.,
dark
adj.,
drive
v.,
eat
,
flog
,
gift
n.,
high
adj.,
stable door
,
wild
adj.,
wish
n.verbPHRASAL VERBˌhorse aˈbout/aˈround( informal) to play in a way that is noisy and not very careful so that you could hurt sb or damage sth 胡闹;瞎闯SYNfool aroundhorse/hɔːs; NAmEhɔːrs/
LDC
horse1 noun
horse2 verb
horsehorse1 /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ ●●●S1W1 noun
Word Origin
Examples
word sets
Collocations
Phrases
1[countable] a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things → pony, equine, equestrian: a horse and cart Lee had never ridden a horse before.2the horses British English informal horse races: Jim likes a bet on the horses.3[countable] a piece of sports equipment in a gymnasium that people jump over4(straight/right) from the horse’s mouth if you hear or get information straight from the horse’s mouth, you are told it by someone who has direct knowledge of it5horses for courses British English the process of matching people with suitable jobs or activities6a two/three/four etc horse race a competition or an election that only two etc competitors can win7a horse of a different color (also a horse of another color American English) something that is completely different from another thing8horse sense old-fashioned sensible judgment gained from experienceSYN common sense9[uncountable] old-fashioned informalheroin →
dark horse
, → never/don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
at gift1(7)
, → be flogging a dead horse
at flog(3)
, → hold your horses
at hold1(15)
, → put the cart before the horse
at cart1(5)
, → stalking horse
, white horses
horse1 noun
horse2 verb
horsehorse2 verb
Verb Table
Collocations
Phrases
horse around/about phrasal verbinformal to play roughly → horseplay: Stop horsing around – you’ll break something!
WDF
horse
[hɔ:s]horsed, horsing, horses
CET4CET6TEM4考研
n1283
33376
3243
15028
7203
5838
2064
v30579
146
14
57
40
31
4
NOUN1790
782107
VERB43509
1492
Spoken:
60099084
horses[30975] horsing[326]
马(89%),骑马(6%),马的(5%)
n.马;骑兵;脚架;海洛因
vt.使骑马;系马于;捉弄
vi.骑马;作弄人
n.(Horse)人名;(瑞典)霍尔瑟
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