transcription, транскрипция: [ hɔ:(r)s ]
( horses)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A horse is a large animal which people can ride. Some horses are used for pulling ploughs and carts.
A small man on a grey horse had appeared.
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2.
When you talk about the horses , you mean horse races in which people bet money on the horse which they think will win. ( INFORMAL )
He still likes to bet on the horses.
N-PLURAL : the N , usu on the N
3.
A vaulting horse is a tall piece of gymnastics equipment for jumping over.
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4.
If you hear something from the horse’s mouth , you hear it from someone who knows that it is definitely true.
He has got to hear it from the horse’s mouth. Then he can make a judgment as to whether his policy is correct or not.
PHRASE : v PHR
5.
see also clothes horse , dark horse , rocking horse , seahorse