| 单词 | parade horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparade horse parade horse n. (also figurative). ΚΠ 1779 T. Nelson Let. 9 Mar. in P. D. Chase & W. M. Ferraro Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Ser. (2009) XIX. 422 There are so many Horses..as parade Horses [that are] kept Stallions..that it is very difficult to meet with a fine gelding. 1801 R. Wilson Diary 29 May in Life (1862) i. iv. 189 There are some handsome parade horses..but none can keep a high rate of speed for any distance. 1894 14th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 123 The descendants of Woodbury Morgan..possess that peculiar qualification necessary for the parade horse. 1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xvi. 132 I refuse to bequeath my life's work to a parade horse. 1998 G. P. Kipling Enter the King 174 The roan horse responds so joyously and so voluntarily to the king's guidance that it begins to march and saunter like a parade horse. < as lemmas |
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