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- a solid-hoofed plant-eating domesticated mammal with a flowing mane and tail, used for riding, racing, and to carry and pull loads马。
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- Equus caballus, family Equidae (the horse family), descended from the wild Przewalski's horse. The horse family also includes the asses and zebras.拉丁名Equus caballus,马科, 祖先为普尔热瓦尔斯基氏野马。马科还包括驴和斑马。
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- an adult male horse; a stallion or gelding成年公马; 种马; 阉割过的马。
1.3
- a wild mammal of the horse family野生的马科动物。
1.4
- treated as sing. or pl. cavalry骑兵：
forty horse and sixty foot.
40名骑兵和60名步兵。
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- a frame or structure on which something is mounted or supported, especially a sawhorse（尤指锯木架）支架。
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- Nautical a horizontal bar, rail, or rope in the rigging of a sailing ship for supporting something【航海】（帆船上起支撑作用的）横杠（或横杆、绳索等）。
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- short for VAULTING HORSE.VAULTING HORSE的简称。
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- mass noun informal heroin〈非正式〉海洛因。
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- informal a unit of horsepower〈非正式〉马力：
the huge 63-horse 701-cc engine.
巨大的63马力701立方厘米发动机。
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- Mining an obstruction in a vein【矿】夹块, 夹石, 马脊岭。
短语
don't change horses in midstream
- proverb choose a sensible moment to change your mind〈谚〉不要中流换马; 不要在紧急关头改变策略。
from the horse's mouth
- (of information) from the person directly concerned or another authoritative source（消息）直接来自有关人士的, 来自权威人士的。
horses for courses
- Brit. proverb different people are suited to different things or situations〈英谚〉马各有赛场, 人各有所长。
to horse
- (as a command) mount your horses!（作为命令）上马！
you can lead（或take） a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- proverb you can give someone an opportunity, but you can't force them to take it〈谚〉牵马到水边易, 逼马饮水难（你可以给人机会, 但你不能逼他们去做）。
派生词
horseless
adjectivehorse-like
adjective词源
Old English hors, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ros and German Ross.
短语动词
horse around（ 或about）
- informal fool about〈非正式〉捣蛋, 鬼混胡闹。