| 单词 | night horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight horse night horse n. (a) chiefly Australian and U.S., a horse used for work at night; (b) = nightmare n. (a punning alteration). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > nightmare bitch daughter?c1475 nightmare1562 hag1598 nightmare dream1763 daymare dream1796 night horse1840 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > work horse workhorse1463 cuta1529 farm horse1732 night horse1840 1840 N. P. Willis Romance of Trav. i. 17 The well-groomed night horses—(a pair of smart, hardy, twelve-mile cabs, all bottom but little style). 1904 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Dec. 19/3 When cattle have ‘rushed’..Wheelbarrow, like every other night horse, takes simultaneous action. 1925 J. Farnol Loring Myst. xlii. 283 ‘Talking o' bed,’ quoth Mr. Shrig.., ‘do you ever dream —— d'ye ever have the night-'orse?’ 1937 Dial. Notes 6 618 The night horse is one staked near the cowpuncher's bed for immediate use in some such emergency as a stampede. 1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 81 The capital was a night-horse dream. 1982 D. Harris Drovers of Outback 58 I had an old night horse which seemed to sense trouble and if the cattle were quiet he would get very ‘toey’ [glossing restive]. < as lemmas |
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