horse

名词 horse:

1. solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
   同义词：Equus caballus
2. a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
   同义词：gymnastic horse
3. troops trained to fight on horseback
   同义词：cavalry, horse cavalry
4. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
   同义词：sawhorse, sawbuck, buck
5. a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
   同义词：knight

动词 horse:

1. provide with a horse or horses

1. When the horse had finished the race, its sides were wet with foam.
   这匹马结束比赛时，它的脊背被汗水湿透了。
2. Don't put the cart before the horse.
   [谚]勿本末倒置。
3. The horse jumped the fence.
   那匹马跃过了栅栏。
4. He withdrew his horse from the race.
   他让他的马退出了比赛。
5. She sat her horse well.
   她善於骑马。
6. The horse sensed danger and stopped.
   马感觉到了危险，于是停了下来。
7. He saddled up his horse and rode away.
   他给马装上鞍子便骑马离去了。
8. The horses are eating grass on the grassland.
   马在草地上吃草。

horse

n.（名词）

A large hoofed mammal(Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
马：体形较大的有蹄哺乳动物（野马） ，体毛较短，鬃毛较长，尾长，自古就被人驯服，用作坐骑或拖拉运送货物
An adult male horse; a stallion.
成年的公马；种马
Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian speciesE. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
马科动物：马科的动物，例如野生亚洲种蒙古野马 或者是某些与现代马有祖先关系的已灭绝的马种
A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
有脚的架：一种架子或装置，通常有四条腿，用来支撑或悬挂东西
Sports A piece of gymnastic equipment with an upholstered body used especially for vaulting.
【体育运动】 跳马，鞍马：体操器械，主体装有软垫，主要用于支撑跳跃
Slang Heroin.
【俚语】 海洛因
Often horses Horsepower.
常作 horses 马力
Mounted soldiers; cavalry:
骑兵；骑兵部队：
例句：
a squadron of horse.
一中队骑兵

Geology
【地质学】
A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
矿脉中的夹石：指隔断连续的矿脉的，并且本身不含矿物质的岩石
A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.
夹块，夹石：绵延的地层中大块的移位岩石
v.（动词）
horsed,hors.ing,hors.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To provide with a horse.
为…备马
To haul or hoist energetically.
猛推或用力向上举
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To be in heat. Used of a mare.
欲交配。用于母马
adj.（形容词）
Of or relating to a horse:
马的，有关马的：
例句：
a horse blanket.
骑马用毯子

Mounted on horses:
骑在马背上的：
例句：
horse guards.
骑兵卫队

Drawn or operated by a horse.
马拉的，使用马力的
Larger or cruder than others that are similar:
较大的，较粗硬的：比同样性质的东西大或粗硬的：
例句：
horse pills.
大药丸

<常用词组>horse around 【非正式用语】
To indulge in horseplay or frivolous activity:
胡闹，捣蛋：沉溺胡闹或其他嬉戏活动：
例句：
Stop horsing around and get to work.
停止胡闹，快去工作

<习惯用语>a horse of another color 或
a horse of a different color
Another matter entirely; something else.
完全另一回事；其他事情
beat a dead horse 或
flog a dead horse
To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.
徒劳：继续做一件毫无成功希望的事情
To dwell tiresomely on a matter that has already been decided.
白费口舌：在一件早已决定的事情上浪费口舌
be on (one`s) high horse 或
get on (one`s) high horse
To be or become disdainful, superior, or conceited.
趾高气扬，目空一切，盛气凌人
hold (one`s) horses
To restrain oneself.
控制自己
the horse`s mouth
A source of information regarded as original or unimpeachable.
可靠信息：原始的或勿庸置疑的信息来源
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English hors
源自 古英语 hors