| 单词 | horse-high |
| 释义 | > as lemmashorse-high horse-high adj. U.S. (a) as high as a horse; (b) too high for a horse to jump over; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific waist high1600 knee-high1742 mast-high1798 shoulder-high1837 horse-high1859 thigh-high1893 stride-high1906 treetop1945 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) (at cited word) Hog-tight and horse-high, always used together, of fences that are sufficient to restrain trespassing stock. Maryland. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxx. 194 The split-board paling..was ‘horse-high, hog-tight, and bull-strong’ . 1896 W. A. White Real Issue 147 In the summer the field stood horse-high with corn. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Sex, Lit. & Censorship (1955) 12 The Clean Books League, whose object was to make the law..‘horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong’. 1972 Christian Sci. Monitor 28 Sept. 16/4 The pioneers..tipped the stumps up with their roots in the air, and lined them along so they were, as the saying went, ‘horse-high, hog-tight, and bull-strong’. < as lemmas |
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