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单词 horsy
释义

horsy

English

Alternative forms

  • horsie
  • horsey

Etymology

horse + -y.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːsi/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹsi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)si

Adjective

horsy (comparative horsier, superlative horsiest)

  1. Of or relating to horses.
    Synonym: (rare) horsely
    • 1938, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg:
      All the horses had been seized and sent to the front, but the whole place still smelt of horse-piss and rotten oats. I was at the barracks about a week. Chiefly I remember the horsy smells, the quavering bugle-calls []
    • 1985, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 165:
      Pirates, these women, with their ladylike briefcases for the loot and their horsy, acquisitive teeth.
  2. Of a person or people, involved in breeding or riding horses.
  3. Of a graphic design or typographical treatment which is clumsy, clunky, or unrefined.

Translations

Noun

horsy (plural horsies)

  1. (childish or endearing) A child's term or name for a horse.
  2. A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours.
    • 2000, Anique Devoe - I'm Ready
      When he got in the house, if I'd left him to read his newspaper in quiet, then he'd play horsey with me, riding me around the house on his back; I'd put a pillow on his back for my saddle
    • 2003, Bill Phillips - Eating for Life: Your Guide to Great Health, Fat Loss and Increased Energy
      When you get down on the floor and play “horsey”, you are giving yourself a heck of a workout – and it is fun for the kids!
    • 2005 Larry L. Meyer - No Paltry Thing: Memoirs Of A Geezer Dad
      The best barometer of my mounting physical limitations was the game of horsy. In my stallion's prime I could pack three little boys on my back at once and do the length of the hall in no time flat.

Synonyms

  • gee-gee

Translations

Anagrams

  • shory
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