horse
n. 馬; 騎馬的軍人,騎兵; 有腳的架; 跳馬,鞍馬
A horse is a large animal which people can ride. Some horses are used for pulling ploughs and carts.
A small man on a grey horse had appeared.
一個騎著灰馬的小個子男人出現了。
When you talk about the horses, you mean horse races in which people bet money on the horse which they think will win.
He still likes to bet on the horses.
他仍然喜歡賭馬。
A vaulting horse is a tall piece of gymnastics equipment for jumping over.
If you hear something from the horse's mouth, you hear it from someone who knows that it is definitely true.
He has got to hear it from the horse's mouth. Then he can make a judgment as to whether his policy is correct or not.
他必須得到千真萬確的資訊才行。這樣他才能判斷自己的政策是否正確。
1. solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
2. a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
3. troops trained to fight on horseback;
4. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
5. a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
1. provide with a horse or horses
horse around 【非正式用語】
胡鬧,搗蛋:沉溺胡鬧或其他嬉戲活動
don't change horses in midstream
(諺)不要中流換馬;不要在緊急關頭改變策略
from the horse's mouth
(訊息)直接來自有關人士的,來自權威人士的
horses for courses
(英 諺)馬有馬道;物各盡其善,人各盡其能
to horse
(作為命令)上馬!
you can lead (或take) a horse to water but you can'
(諺)牽馬到水邊易,逼馬飲水難(你可以給人機會,但你不能逼他們去做)
horse around (或 about)
(非正式)搗蛋,鬼混胡鬧
a horse of another color 或 a horse of a different color
完全另一回事;其他事情
beat a dead horse 或 flog a dead horse
徒勞:繼續做一件毫無成功希望的事情
白費口舌:在一件早已決定的事情上浪費口舌
be on (one's) high horse 或 get on (one's) high horse
趾高氣揚,目空一切,盛氣凌人
hold (one's) horses
控制自己
the horse's mouth
可靠資訊:原始的或勿庸置疑的資訊來源
The thunder paniced the horse.
響雷使馬驚慌.
It's a cinch that the horse will win the race.
那匹馬必勝無疑.
The horse took to roadside.
馬走到路旁.
The horse proceeded at a walk.
馬兒慢慢前進.
The horse is tied up to the manger.
馬被拴在馬槽上.