spring horse

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of rocking horse that stands on a flat surface and moves by means of springs which attach the horse figure to its framework.
    — A child's toy called a "spring horse," being 44 in. in length, and 78 lbs. in weight, carried home by a first-class traveller on the company's line, as a present for his child, is not "personal luggage" of the traveller which he is entitled to have carried free of charge under the above regulation.
  2. A piece of playground equipment consisting of a sturdy spring on which is mounted a figure, usually of a horse, on which a child sits and rocks.
    — She saw other parts of a playground: a merry-go-round with rusted bars and one side resting on the ground, a spring horse bent over completely with the head busted in, and a splintered seesaw warped in the middle so that both ends sagged.
  3. A trestle on which is mounted a metal plate that is held down at both ends and attached by a screw in the center that adjusts the tension of the plate, used for making or repairing springs.
    — To obtain satisfactory results, particularly with automobile springs, a spring horse, such as illustrated at Fig. 1, will be of value.
  4. A racehorse that performs best on soft ground such as occurs in the spring.
    — I am beginning to fancy that Sceptre is not a spring horse .

词形变化

spring horses plural
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