| 单词 | blood horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblood horse blood horse n. chiefly U.S. a horse of good stock or breed; esp. a thoroughbred. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > thoroughbred horse blood horsec1615 thoroughbred1728 c1615 in Dr. Farmer Chetham MS (1873) I. 103 Combus of any thinge dares bouldly speake..like a blude horse that dares his necke to breake. 1775 Racing Cal. 3 349 He is allowed, by the best of judges, to be the strongest blood horse in England. 1794 Sporting Mag. 4 35/2 The various judicious crosses that have brought the breed of blood horses into such a state of unprecedented perfection. 1841 H. S. Foote Texas & Texans II. 383 They [sc. wild horses]..are..inferior to the American blood-horse in volume of muscle. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Apr. 10/3 Lexington..is the capital of horse country—the home of the Thoroughbred, or ‘blood horse’ bred for the track. < as lemmas |
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