horsy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɔːsi/    美 /ˈhɔɹsi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A child's term or name for a horse. childish,endearing
  2. A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours.
    — When he got in the house, if I'd left him to read his newspaper in quiet, then he'd play horsey with me, riding me around the house on his back; I'd put a pillow on his back for my saddle
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or similar to horses.
    — All the horses had been seized and sent to the front, but the whole place still smelt of horse-piss and rotten oats. I was at the barracks about a week. Chiefly I remember the horsy smells, the quavering bugle-calls […]
  2. Involved in breeding or riding horses.
  3. Clumsy, clunky, bulky, inelegant, or unrefined.
    — Near-synonym: crude

词形变化

horsier comparative horsiest superlative horsey alternative horsie alternative horsies plural horsey alternative horsie alternative

词汇关系

近义词
gee-gee
衍生词
horsily horsiness unhorsy
相关词
horseliness

词源

词源 1
From horse + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German rössich (“horselike, equipped with a horse”).
词源 2
From horse + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German rössich (“horselike, equipped with a horse”).
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