| 单词 | take horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (the) horse c. spec. The adult male of the horse kind, as distinguished from a mare or colt: a stallion or gelding. to take (the) horse: (of the mare) to conceive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male hengestOE mare's sona1470 horsec1485 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [verb (intransitive)] > be served by horse or conceive to stand to ——1610 stint1823 to take (the) horse1870 c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 119 He was nother horse ne mare, nor yet yokyd sow. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 Baytht horse & meyris did fast nee, & the folis nechyr. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 117 What age dooe you thinke best for the mare to go to the Horse? 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 117v To put the Mare to the Horse. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 118 The Mare will not take the Horse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vii. 7. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 56 They have goodly Mares to draw these Waggons, using Horses for the troops in their Army. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2378/4 A brown bay Filly,..being locked from taking Horse. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 103 The Vigour of the Horse . View more context for this quotation 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 285 Upon the rising of the third permanent incisor, or ‘corner nipper’..the ‘colt’ becomes a ‘horse’, and the ‘filly’, a ‘mare’. 1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §1013 Having taken the horse, i.e. being fecundated, is therefore a matter of uncertainty usually for three or four months, particularly in pastured mares. to take horse a. A mass of rock or earthy matter enclosed within a lode or vein (usually part of the rock through which the lode runs); a fault or obstruction in the course of a vein; hence to take horse. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > features of stratum or vein > [noun] > obstruction or fault rider1653 fore-stone1668 jamb1721 septuma1728 horse1778 fault1796 heave1802 girdle1819 burnt stuff1852 swine back1883 white horse1886 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 323 Horse, a portion of dead ground in a Lode, which widens like a horse's back from the spine. 1789 A. Mills in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 74 Examining the cliffs at Ballycastle, I found the horses (or faults) of which there are several between the coals, where veins of lava..standing vertically. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Horse, an obstruction of a vein or stratum, called also a rider. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 88 When a lode divides into branches, the miners say it has taken horse. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 302 One vein, which is divided into two parts by an intervening ‘horse’ of ground. 1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) iv. 27 The lodes frequently split up into branches, and sometimes these branches re-unite, when the included portion of country is called a ‘horse’. to take horse 18. to change horses: to substitute a fresh horse for that which has been ridden or driven up to this point; to change (swap) horses in midstream (while crossing a stream): to change one's ideas, plans, etc., in the middle of a project, progress, etc.; to hitch (also set, or stable) horses together, to agree, combine, get on with each other; to play horse with (U.S.): to treat roughly or unceremoniously; to take horse: to mount, start, or proceed, on horseback: see also 1c, 11 to talk horse: to talk the language of ‘the turf’; to talk big or boastfully; to hold one's horses: see hold v. 11c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > get on (well) gree?a1513 to get in with1602 cotton1605 to hitch (also set, or stable) horses together1617 to hit it1634 gee1685 to set horses together1685 to be made for each other (also one another)1751 to hit it off1780 to get ona1805 to hitch horses together1835 niggle1837 to step together1866 to speak (also talk) someone's (also the same) language1893 to stall with1897 cog1926 groove1935 click1954 vibe1986 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > mount worthOE mountc1330 lighta1450 horse1535 to get up1553 to get on1613 to take horse1617 saddle1834 to saddle up1849 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by relays of horses or vehicles > [verb (intransitive)] > get fresh relay of horses to change horses1617 relay1829 the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] yelpc888 kebc1315 glorify1340 to make avauntc1340 boast1377 brag1377 to shake boastc1380 glorya1382 to make (one's) boastc1385 crackc1470 avaunt1471 glaster1513 voust1513 to make (one's or a) vauntc1515 jet?1521 vaunt?1521 crowa1529 rail1530 devauntc1540 brave1549 vaunt1611 thrasonize1619 vapour1629 ostentate1670 goster1673 flourish1674 rodomontade1681 taper1683 gasconade1717 stump1721 rift1794 mang1819 snigger1823 gab1825 cackle1847 to talk horse1855 skite1857 to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859 to shoot off one's mouth1864 spreadeagle1866 swank1874 bum1877 to sound off1918 woof1934 to shoot a line1941 to honk off1952 to mouth off1958 blow- the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's mind [phrase] to pick (also peck) mooda1225 to turn, wend the luff?c1225 to sing another song or a different tune1390 to waive (one's) wit1390 to change one's minda1500 to change (turn, alter) one's copy1523 to turn (one's) tippet1546 to change one's note1560 to shift hands1611 to face about1645 to change (swap) horses in midstream (while crossing a stream)1864 to sing another tune1890 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)] tuckc888 tawc893 misbedeOE graithc1330 to fare fair or foul with1340 misusea1382 outrayc1390 beshrewc1430 huspelc1440 misentreat1450 mistreat1453 abuse?1473 to mayne evil1481 demean1483 to put (a person) to villainya1513 harry1530 mishandle1530 touse1531 misorder1550 worrya1556 yark1565 mumble1588 buse1589 crow-tread1593 disabuse1607 maltreat1681 squeeze1691 ill-treat1794 punish1801 tousle1826 ill-use1841 razoo1890 mess1896 to play horse with1896 to bugger about1921 slug1925 to give (a person) the works1927 to kick about or around1938 mess1963 c1450 Brut (Egerton) 450 (MED) On þe morow he toke hys hors and rode to Wyndysore vn-to our Kyng. 1482 W. Caxton in tr. Higden's Prolicionycion viii. xi. f. cccciiij He..toke his hors with a pryuy meyney. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) vii. 18 After masse [they] toke theyr horsses.] 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 12 Being ready to take Horse. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 29 They rode all night, having twise changed horse. 1651 J. Donne, Jr. in J. Donne Lett. Ep. Ded. The Cavaliers and They (that were at such enmity here) set their horses together there. 1675 T. Brooks Golden Key Ep. Ded. sig. a Bajazet,..Tamberlain a Tartarian took prisoner,..and used him for a foot-stool, when he took horse. a1704 T. Brown Wks. (1760) III. 198 Faith and reason, which..can never be brought to set their horses together. 1743 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 9 Just as I was taking horse, he return'd. 1809 R. Cumberland John de Lancaster I. 258 They'll never set their horses up together. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 195 The Earl and his retinue took horse soon after. 1835 Capt. M'Clintock in Atkinson's Casket June 330/1 After he poked his fist in my face, one 'lection, we never hitched horses together. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 117 They [man and wife] don't hitch their horses together well at all. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. xi. 337 Doctor, I am a borin of you, but the fact is, when I get a goin ‘talkin hoss’, I never know where to stop. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 63 An' so we fin'lly made it up, concluded to hitch horses. 1864 A. Lincoln in Compl. Wks. (1894) II. 531 I do not allow myself to suppose that either the Convention or the League have concluded to decide that I am either the greatest or best man in America, but rather they have concluded that it is not best to swap horses while crossing the river, and have further concluded that I am not so poor a horse that they might not make a botch of it in trying to swap. 1889 Universal Rev. Oct. 263 The princes..took horse and fled. 1891 Argus (Melbourne) 7 Nov. 13/2 In the stand [at a race]..I was privileged to hear the ladies talk horse. 1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 209 Half-a-dozen planters..were talking ‘horse’ to the biggest liar in Asia, who was trying to cap all their stories. 1896 G. Ade Artie xvii. 163 Do you think I'm goin' out ridin' with her and have a lot o' cheap skates stoppin' to play horse with her everywhere we go? 1904 W. H. Smith Promoters x. 169 You've got to have some well-matured plan ..if they try to play horse with you again. 1911 L. J. Vance Cynthia x. 157 Why does Madame Savaran insist on coming along to see that he doesn't play horse with her stake in the venture? 1923 L. J. Vance Baroque viii. 49 Remember the Wop detective that used to play horse with the Black Handers. 1940 ‘H. Pentecost’ 24th Horse v. 42 Don't come if you don't want to... Change horses in midstream if you want to. 1948 A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial 195 ‘Herodianism’..does not really offer a solution. For one thing, it is a dangerous game... It is a form of swapping horses while crossing a stream, and the rider who fails to find his seat in the new saddle is swept..to a death. 1951 H. S. Davies Gram. without Tears vi. 56 From the point of view of strict old-fashioned grammar, this is obviously bad; it involves a change from the singular to the plural horse in mid-stream of the sentence. 1969 Listener 13 Mar. 360/1 Another play which changed horses in midstream was William Ingram's Double Take. The long dialogue between the nervous kidnapper and his oddly calm victim was inconsequential and tense and had one thinking hopefully of Pinter. < as lemmas |
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