horse
/hɔ:s; hɔrs/ n
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(a) [C] large four-legged animal with a flowing mane and tail, used for riding on or to carry loads, pull carts, etc 马. =>illus 见插图. Cf 参看 colt1, filly, foal, gelding (geld), mare, stallion.
(b) [C] adult male horse; stallion （未阉过的）成年公马.
(c) [Gp, U] mounted soldiers; cavalry 骑马的军人; 骑兵
a detachment of horse 骑兵小分队.
2 [C] = vaulting horse (vault2).
3 [C] frame on which sth is supported 支架: a `clothes-horse 衣架.
4 [U] (sl 俚) heroin 海洛因.
5 (idm 习语) be/get on one's high horse => high1. back the wrong horse => back4. change/swap horses in mid`stream transfer one's preference for or trust in sb/sth to another in the middle of an undertaking 在做一件事的中途对某人[某事物]做出重大变动. a dark horse => dark2. drive a coach and horses through sth => drive1. eat like a horse => eat. flog a dead horse => flog. (straight) from the horse's `mouth (of advice, information) given by sb who is directly involved or very reliable （指劝告、 情报等）来自直接参与者的, 从可靠的人那里获得的. hold one's `horses (infml 口) wait a moment; restrain one's impatience, enthusiasm, etc 等一下; 忍耐、 控制自己的热情等. you can ,take, etc a horse to `water, but you ,can't make him `drink (saying 谚) you can give a person the opportunity to do sth but he may still refuse to do it 牵马到水边易, 逼马饮水难（即使给某人机会, 他也不一定利用）. lock, etc the stable door after the horse has bolted => stable2. look a gift horse in the mouth => gift. put the cart before the horse => cart. a willing horse => willing. horse, v (phr v) horse about/around (infml 口) act in a noisy rough playful way 哄闹; 捣蛋.