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| 1 | C a large animal that people ride . The sound a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a mare . A young horse is called a foal . 马 |
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| 2 | C a piece of equipment shaped like a large box that is used in gymnastics （体操中用的）跳马，鞍马 |
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| 3 | the horses plural informal the sport of horse racing , or the activity of betting money on the results of horse races 赛马运动；赌马 |
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| 4 | U informal old-fashioned the drug heroin 海洛因 |
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| - | back/pick the wrong horse
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| to choose the wrong thing or person for a particular purpose |
| 挑错了东西（或人） |
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| - | beat/flog a dead horse
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| to waste time on something you know is not going to happen |
| 徒劳；做无用功 |
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| - | change horses in midstream
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| to change your mind about something in the middle of doing it |
| 在做某事的中途改变主意 |
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| - | from the horse’ s mouth informal
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| information from the horse’ s mouth comes from someone who is directly involved |
| （情报）来自直接参与者的，第一手的 |
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| - | get on/off your high horse
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| to behavestop behaving as if you know more or are better than anyone else |
| 自高自大/不再自高自大 |
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| - | hold your horses informal
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| used for telling someone to wait before doing something |
| 忍耐一下 |
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| - | I could eat a horse
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| used for saying that you are very hungry |
| 我饿坏了 |
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| - | wild horses couldn’ t/wouldn’ t drag sb somewhere
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| used for emphasizing that someone is determined not to do something |
| 某人坚决不做某事 |
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| - | you can lead/take a horse to water but you can’ t make him drink
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| used for saying that you can try to help someone do something but they may still choose not to do it |
| 牵马到水边易，逼马饮水难(意指不要逼人做其不愿做的事) |
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