horse
noun uk/hɔːs/ us/hɔːrs/
(ANIMAL)
A1 [ C ]马
a large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things or pulling vehicles
to ride a horse 骑马
a horse and cart 一辆马车
the horses[ plural ] informal 赌马，赛马
horse races where you try to win money by correctly guessing which horse will win
He spends all his money on the horses. 他把所有的钱都花在赌马上了。
- More examples
- He climbed onto his horse and set off at a relaxed trot down the lane.
- My horse is a bit timid and is easily frightened by traffic.
- We heard horses clip-clopping along the road.
- A total of 21 horses were entered for the race.
- It's a beautiful horse but a bit too frisky for an inexperienced rider.
(SPORTS EQUIPMENT)
[ C ] (also vaulting horse)跳马，鞍马
a tall piece of equipment that people jump over in gymnastics
(DRUG)
[ U ] slang海洛因（同 heroin）
→ heroin
Idioms
(straight) from the horse's mouthidiom 来自直接参与者;据可靠消息
If you hear something (straight) from the horse's mouth, you hear it from the person who has direct personal knowledge of it.
horses for coursesidiom UK 知人善任
used to say that it is important to choose suitable people for particular activities because everyone has different skills
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drinkidiom saying 牵马到河边容易，逼马饮水难。（意指为他人做某事创造条件易，使其做某事难。）
used to emphasize that you can make it easy for someone to do something, but you cannot force them to do it