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Hold the animal in mind first — the large, strong, four-legged animal with a mane and tail that people ride or harness to pull heavy loads. Everything else points back to that animal: the sport of racing them, a piece of gym equipment shaped to be jumped over, a slang name for a drug, and a cluster of everyday sayings that borrow the horse's familiar image.

先把那隻動物放在心裡：高大、強壯、四條腿、有鬃毛和尾巴，人可以騎、也可以套上來拉重物的馬。其他用法全都指回這隻動物—…更多收起先把那隻動物放在心裡：高大、強壯、四條腿、有鬃毛和尾巴，人可以騎、也可以套上來拉重物的馬。其他用法全都指回這隻動物——讓馬比賽的那項運動、做成可以跨越的體操器材、一種毒品的俚語，還有一串借「馬」這個熟悉形象來說事的日常慣用語。

原始詞典資料41 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

HORSEnoun詞源 1

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    card-gamesgamespokerA poker variant consisting of five different poker variants, with the rules changing from one variant to the next after every hand.

Horsename

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    A surname.

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    The seventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

horsenoun詞源 1/hɔːs/

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    A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

    • A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse.
    • She loved taming horses on Saturday.
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    A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

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    biologynatural-scienceszoologyA hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

    • These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.
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    A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

    • ‘That’s not a mare; that’s a b--- horse!’
  • 5

    governmentmilitarypoliticsA hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

    • We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field.
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    informalboard-gameschessgamesA hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

    • Now just remind me how the horse moves again?
  • 7

    board-gamesgamesxiangqiA hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

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    slangA hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

    • Every linebacker they have is a real horse.
另外 14 個記錄的用法
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    historicalA hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

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    Equipment with legs.

    • She's scored very highly with the parallel bars; let's see how she does with the horse.
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    Equipment with legs.

    • a clothes horse; a sawhorse
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    nauticaltransportA type of equipment.

    • The old “horse” has made way for the “foot-rope", though we still retain the term “Flemish horse" for the short foot-rope at the top-sail yard-arms
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    nauticaltransportA type of equipment.

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    nauticaltransportA type of equipment.

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    nauticaltransportA type of equipment.

    • But in all the wild tumult he noticed, and never forgot, the wicked, set little eye—something like a circus elephant's eye—of a whale that drove along almost level with the water, and, so he said, winked at him. Three boats found their rodings fouled by these reckless mid-sea hunters, and were towed half a mile ere their horses shook the line free.
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    businessminingA mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.

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    An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on WikipediaWikipedia ).

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    The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.

    • She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse.
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    slangA prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.

    • This "horse" (a slang term for prison officers who smuggle contraband into the institution) was probably able "to stay in business" for such a long time because he only "packed" for powerful, trustworthy prisoners […]
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    datedslangA translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.

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    datedslangHorseplay; tomfoolery.

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    slangcard-gamespokerA player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.

horseverb詞源 2/hɔːs/

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    Synonym of horse around.

    • "Stop horsing, and guess how many kids!"
    • "Why don't we stop horsing and get down to cases, Lou?" Mike Davey growled.
  • 2

    To play mischievous pranks on.

    • Was someone horsing her? Was it Josh's idea of a joke? For some moments she sat, plump hands with long pointed pink nails, toying with the envelope. Then she went to the telephone and called[…]
  • 3

    To provide with a horse; supply horses for.

    • being better horsed, outrode me
    • […] and the same number from Russia for horsing her guns. During peace Turkey has 15,000 regular Cavalry; on mobilisation she should have 21,000, and 4,000 pack animals, without taking the irregular corps into consideration.
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    obsoleteTo get on horseback.

    • He horsed himself well.
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    To sit astride of; to bestride.

    • Stalls, bulks, windows / Are smothered up, leads filled, and ridges horsed / With variable complexions, all agreeing / In earnestness to see him.
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    To copulate with (a mare).

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    To take or carry on the back.

    • keepers, horsing the deer
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    To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.

    • So they brought him out and horsed him upon the back of Planter George, and whipped him until he fell quivering in the dust.
    • Faster than Lei could have believed, Omura blocked the exit, grabbed Kennedy's wrist and twisted it up behind her back, horsing her onto the hard metal chair. She sat the woman on it, slapping on a pair of cuffs.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
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    To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.

    • [N]otwithstanding the intercession of his governor, who begged earnestly that his punishment might be mitigated, our unfortunate hero was publickly horsed, in terrorem of all whom it might concern.
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    To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.

    • [A] country-ship from China to Bombay, standing into the strait at noon with a strong tide and scant wind, stood too near Pedro Branco before tacking, and was totally lost, by the tide horsing her upon the rock whilst in stays.
    • Cambria observing this again went about, and tacked towards the island, Sappho followed suit; after a short reach she again tacked and stood for the mark vessel, the tide horsing her well to the westward, but the Cambria stood on[…]
  • 11

    informalTo cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.

    • The Spaniards spend generations honing the subtle flavours of their delightful tapas and you're horsing it into your mouth as though it was a fried egg roll with brown sauce.'
    • Get your laughing gear around some protein at every meal, spreading your intake over the course of the day rather than horsing it into you all in one go, at one mealtime. If you are training hard, try to consume around 25g protein[…]
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    datedTo urge at work tyrannically.

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    datedTo charge for work before it is finished.

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    datedslangTo cheat at schoolwork by means of a translation or other illegitimate aid.

horsenoun詞源 3/hɔːs/

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    slangHeroin (drug).

    • Riccio nodded toward a boy across the floor and said, “See that kid? He’s on dope.” The boy was standing against a wall, staring vacantly at the dancers, his face fixed in a gentle, faraway smile. Every few seconds, he would wipe his nose with the back of his hand. “Man, that Jo-Jo!” Benny said. “He’s stoned all the time.” “What’s he on—horse? Riccio asked, meaning heroin. “Who knows with that creep?” Benny said. I asked Benny if any special kind of boy went in for dope. “The creeps,” he said. “You know, the goofballs.” He searched for a word. “The weak kids. Like Jo-Jo. There ain’t nothing the guys can’t do to him. Last week, we took his pants off and made him run right in the middle of the street without them.”
    • Check that shirt. I got a couple of jolts of horse stashed under the collar

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。