单词 | one-horse |
释义 | one-horse (once / 11773 pages) adj WORD FAMILY one-horse USAGE EXAMPLESAnd once this one-horse race becomes a two-horse one, it won’t stay that way for long; other automakers are developing competitors. Wall Street Journal(Sep 13, 2016) The teeming plot is centered on a prairie village rotting from lawlessness: “a one-horse town where the horse broke down,” to quote the opening song. New York Times(Jul 03, 2016) Mass disqualifications and lack of public interest led many observers to predict a dull campaign and a one-horse race in favour of the hardline candidates. BBC(Feb 28, 2016) adj small and remote and insignificant passed a series of poky little one-horse towns Syn jerkwater, pokey, poky provincial characteristic of the provinces or their people |
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