horse 1 S1 W1 / hɔs $ hɔrs / 名词

1 [可数名词] a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things → pony , equine , equestrian :

a horse and cart

Lee had never ridden a horse before.

2 the horses British English informal horse races :

Jim likes a bet on the horses.

3 [可数名词] a piece of sports equipment in a gymnasium that people jump over

4 (straight/right) from the horse’s mouth if you hear or get information straight from the horse’s mouth, you are told it by someone who has direct knowledge of it

5 horses for courses British English the process of matching people with suitable jobs or activities

6 a two/three/four etc horse race a competition or an election that only two etc competitors can win

7 a horse of a different color ( also a horse of another color American English ) something that is completely different from another thing

8 horse sense old-fashioned sensible judgment gained from experience 同义词 common sense

9 [不可数名词] old-fashioned informal heroin

→ dark horse , → never/don’t look a gift horse in the mouth at gift ( 7 ) , → be flogging a dead horse at flog ( 3 ) , → hold your horses at hold 1 ( 15 ) , → put the cart before the horse at cart 1 ( 4 ) , → stalking horse , white horses