horse

英 [hɔːs]

美 [hɔːrs]

n. 马; 赛马
v. 为…备马; 猛推或用力向上举

复数：horses　现在分词：horsing　过去式：horsed　第三人称单数：horses　过去分词：horsed　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.803 / COCA.1279

短语用例

horse about/around

胡闹；瞎闯
to play in a way that is noisy and not very careful so that you could hurt sb or damage sth
1. He mounted his horse and rode off.
  他跨上马骑走了。
2. a horse and cart
  一辆马车

习惯用语

(straight) from the horse's mouth

直接的；可靠的
given by sb who is directly involved and therefore likely to be accurate

hold your horses

且慢；请三思
used to tell sb that they should wait a moment and not be so excited that they take action without thinking about it first

horses for courses

知人善任
the act of matching people with suitable jobs or tasks

a one, two, three, etc. horse race

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）
a competition or an election in which there are only one, two, etc. teams or candidates with a chance of winning

you can lead/take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

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
you can give sb the opportunity to do sth, but you cannot force them to do it if they do not want to

back the wrong horse

下错赌注（支持了失败的一方或事情）
to support sb/sth that is not successful

close, etc. the barn door after the horse has escaped

put the cart before the horse

本末倒置；因果倒置
to put or do things in the wrong order

change horses in midstream

中流换马；中途变卦；中途支持另外的人（或事）
to change to a different or new activity while you are in the middle of sth else; to change from supporting one person or thing to another

a dark horse

drive a coach and horses through sth

毁掉，糟蹋，破坏（计划等）
to spoil sth, for example a plan

eat like a horse

吃得很多
to eat a lot
She may be thin, but she eats like a horse.
她或许是瘦了点，但吃得却很多。

flog a dead horse

鞭策死马；做徒劳无益的事
to waste your effort by trying to do sth that is no longer possible

look a gift horse in the mouth

拒受馈赠；白送的马还看牙口；对礼物吹毛求疵
to refuse or criticize sth that is given to you for nothing

be/get on your high horse

趾高气扬；自命不凡；自以为了不起
to behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people

close, lock, etc. the stable door after the horse has bolted

马跑了才去关厩门；贼走关门，为时已晚
to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so

wild horses would not drag, make, etc. sb (do sth)

任何事情都不能阻止（或促使某人做某事）；八匹马拉不了某人回头
used to say that nothing would prevent sb from doing sth or make them do sth they do not want to do

if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride

想有不见得就有；愿望不等于事实
wishing for sth does not make it happen

牛津词典

noun

马
a large animal with four legs, a mane (= long thick hair on its neck) and a tail. Horses are used for riding on, pulling carriages , etc.
1. He mounted his horse and rode off.
  他跨上马骑走了。
2. a horse and cart
  一辆马车
赛马
horse racing
赛马
horse racing

verb

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 马
Ahorseis a large animal which people can ride. Some horses are used for pulling ploughs and carts.
1. A small man on a grey horse had appeared.
  一个骑着灰马的小个子男人出现了。
N-PLURAL 赛马
When you talk aboutthe horses, you mean horse races in which people bet money on the horse which they think will win.
1. He still likes to bet on the horses.
  他仍然喜欢赌马。
（体操器械）跳马
A vaultinghorseis a tall piece of gymnastics equipment for jumping over.
PHRASE 从知情人那里直接（获悉）
If you hear somethingfrom the horse's mouth, you hear it from someone who knows that it is definitely true.
1. 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。
See also:clothes horse dark horse rocking horse seahorse. to put the cart before the horse

英英释义

noun

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Synonym:Equus caballus
a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
Synonym:gymnastic horse
a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse
Synonym:knight
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Synonym:sawhorsesawbuckbuck
troops trained to fight on horseback
1. 500 horse led the attack
Synonym:cavalryhorse cavalry

verb

provide with a horse or horses

双语例句

After dogs, the horse has had the closest relationship with man.
除了狗以外，就数马和人的关系最密切了。
She is a great lover of horses and horse racing
她热爱马匹和赛马。
He rode his horse to death.
他把马骑得累死了。
Emma dismounted and took her horse's bridle.
埃玛下了马，拉着马笼头。
Every so often the horse's heart and lungs are checked.
不时检查那匹马的心脏和肺。
In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen
花园里，七叶树已经落叶了。
This is a stout horse.
这匹马很肥实。
Last night we hitched the horse to the cart and moved here.
昨晚我们套上马车，拉着东西搬到了这里。
A horse without a rider ran past.
一匹没有人骑的马跑过去了。
The horse jumped forwards and round her, winding the rope round her waist.
那匹马围着她向前跳，把绳子绕在了她腰上。