horse
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plural horses
plural horses
Learner's definition of HORSE
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[count] : a large animal that is used for riding and for carrying and pulling things马 — often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 — compare colt, filly, foal, gelding, mare, pony, stallion; see also quarter horse, racehorse, workhorse
- ride/mount a horse骑/上马
- a horse farm牧马场
- horse people [=people who raise or have a special interest in horses]牧马人
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horses [plural] informal
b the horses : horse races赛马
- He lost a lot of money on the horses.他赌赛马输了很多钱。
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[count] US, informal : an athlete who is strong and who helps a team to win主力队员 — usually plural通常用复数
- a team with the horses to win the pennant [=a team with the good players needed to win the pennant]拥有具备赢得优胜锦旗实力的队员的球队
a horse of a different color
chiefly US, informal : a very different thing or issue完全是另一回事；另当别论
- That's what we'll do when he gets here. But if he doesn't show up…well, that's a horse of a different color.他来，我们就这么干。但如果他不来，那就另当别论了。
beat a dead horse
(chiefly US) informal or flog a dead horse 1
: to keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided谈论已成定论的事；白费劲；做无用功
- I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I still don't understand what happened.我并不是要白费唇舌，只是我还是不明白究竟发生了什么。
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: to waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible浪费时间精力
- Is it just beating a dead horse to ask for another recount of the votes?难道要求重新清点一次选票只是浪费时间精力吗？
change horses in midstream
: to choose a different leader or policy during a time when serious problems are being dealt with临阵换将；中途换人；临时变换策略
- a politician whose slogan for reelection is “Don't change horses in midstream”将“请勿临阵换将”作为争取连任选举的口号的政治人物
eat a horse
informal ◊ Someone who is very hungry can be described as being hungry enough to eat a horse.饿得可以吃下一匹马；饿极了
- I didn't eat today and now I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.我今天什么也没吃，现在饿得都可以吃下一匹马了。
from the horse's mouth
informal, of information : from the original source or person and therefore thought to be true第一手；直接得来
- I know it's hard to believe but I heard it (straight) from the horse's mouth.我知道这难以置信，但我这可是第一手消息。
hold your horses
informal — used to tell someone to slow down, stop, or wait for a short time不用着急；慢点；稍等
- “Hurry up. We need to get going.” “Hold your horses. I'll be ready in a minute.”“快点，我们得出发了。”“稍等，我马上就好。”
look a gift horse in the mouth
: to look in a critical way at something that has been given to you（对别人赠予的东西）吹毛求疵
- I noticed the guitar wasn't made of real wood, but I didn't say anything because you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.我发现那把吉他不是实木的，但我什么也没说，因为对别人送的东西不该吹毛求疵。
put the cart before the horse
the wrong horse
◊ If you choose/pick/back (etc.) the wrong horse, you choose or support someone or something that is not successful.下错赌注；押错宝
- The company has been losing money, and many investors are beginning to feel that they may have backed the wrong horse.那家公司一直赔钱，许多投资者开始觉得自己可能押错宝了。
— see also charley horse, dark horse, high horse, hobbyhorse, one-horse, rocking horse, sea horse, stalking horse, trojan horse
2 horse /ˈhoɚs/ verb
horses; horsed; horsing
2 horse
/ˈhoɚs/
verb
horses; horsed; horsing
Learner's definition of HORSE
horse around
[phrasal verb] informal or British horse about : to play in a rough or loud way : to engage in horseplay哄闹；胡闹；恶作剧
- They were horsing around instead of studying.他们在胡闹，没在学习。
- He horsed around with the kids for a while.他和孩子们瞎闹了一会儿。
- self-possession
- self possession
- self-preservation
- self preservation
- self-proclaimed
- self proclaimed
- self-professed
- self professed
- self-propelled
- self propelled
- self-raising flour
- self raising flour
- self-realization
- self realization
- self-reflection
- self reflection
- self-reliance
- self reliance
- self-reliant
- self reliant
- self-respect
- self respect
- self-respecting
- self respecting
- self-restraint