horses

英 [ˈhɔːsɪz]

美 [ˈhɔːrsɪz]

n.  马; 赛马
v.  为…备马; 猛推或用力向上举
horse的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 马
  Ahorseis a large animal which people can ride. Some horses are used for pulling ploughs and carts.
  1. A small man on a grey horse had appeared.
     一个骑着灰马的小个子男人出现了。
• N-PLURAL 赛马
  When you talk aboutthe horses, you mean horse races in which people bet money on the horse which they think will win.
  1. He still likes to bet on the horses.
     他仍然喜欢***。
• （体操器械）跳马
  A vaultinghorseis a tall piece of gymnastics equipment for jumping over.
• PHRASE 从知情人那里直接（获悉）
  If you hear somethingfrom the horse's mouth, you hear it from someone who knows that it is definitely true.
  1. 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.
     他必须得到千真万确的信息才行。这样他才能判断自己的政策是否正确。
• See also:clothes horsedark horserocking horseseahorse. to put the cart before the horse

双语例句

• Her only extravagance was horses
  她唯一的奢侈品就是马。
• Their horses pranced and whinnied.
  他们的马奔腾着、嘶鸣着。
• Cars gradually took over from horses
  汽车逐渐替代了马匹。
• The Amazons were believed to have been the first to tame horses.
  据说亚马孙人最先驯化了马。
• There is good grassland here for your cattle and horses to graze on.
  这里有很好的草地供你们放牧牛马。
• Horses are not natural jumpers.
  马并不是天生就善于跳跃的。
• The galloping horses he paints are extremely lifelike.
  他画的奔马，栩栩如生，极其神似。
• For this race, though, he had already placed a bet on one of the horses.
  但这场比赛他已经在其中一匹马身上下了赌注。
• This is early-20th-century rural Sussex, when horses still pulled the plough
  这是20世纪早期的萨塞克斯乡村，那时还是用马拉犁。
• Vitamin B6 is great for improving the condition of dogs 'and horses' coats.
  维生素B6对于改善狗和马的皮毛有显著的作用。