英语词汇“river horse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example sentences from the Web for river horse

His name is Greek, and, as every one knows, signifies the River-horse.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found|Mayne Reid
The hippopotamus, or river-horse, is perhaps the most awkward and ungainly animal in the world.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
It is just as inappropriate as that of “river-horse” (hippopotamus).
The Vee-Boers|Mayne Reid
The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes, and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon.
Children's Literature|Charles Madison Curry

Liverpool started and snorted like a river-horse roused amongst his reeds by thunder.
Shirley|Charlotte Bront

单词	river horse
释义	river horse noun a hippopotamus. Origin of river horse First recorded in 1595–1605 Words nearby river horse River Edge, River Forest, riverfront, River Grove, riverhead, river horse, riverine, river otter, river red gum, River Rouge, Rivers Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for river horse His name is Greek, and, as every one knows, signifies the River-horse. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found\|Mayne Reid The hippopotamus, or river-horse, is perhaps the most awkward and ungainly animal in the world. The Animal World, A Book of Natural History\|Theodore Wood It is just as inappropriate as that of “river-horse” (hippopotamus). The Vee-Boers\|Mayne Reid The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes, and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon. Children's Literature\|Charles Madison Curry Liverpool started and snorted like a river-horse roused amongst his reeds by thunder. Shirley\|Charlotte Bront British Dictionary definitions for river horse river horse noun an informal name for the hippopotamus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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river horse

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British Dictionary definitions for river horse

noun