1 N-COUNT 马 A horse is a large animal which people can ride. Some horses are used for pulling ploughs and carts. 马
SYN nag, mount, mare, colt
2 N-PLURAL [usu on the N] 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. 赛马 [informal]
3 N-COUNT (体操器械)跳马 A vaulting horse is a tall piece of gymnastics equipment for jumping over. (体操器械)跳马
4 PHRASE 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. 从知情人那里直接(获悉)
5 See also: clothes horse dark horse rocking horse seahorse. to put the cart before the horse→see: cart to put the cart before the horse
Phrasal verbs: - horse around
Quotations
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! William Shakespeare Richard III
A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle Ian Fleming
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