warhorse

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight. historical
    — Just within the inner edge of the circle stood a soldier, in the military attire of a strange nation; and without it was his warhorse, in the center of a collection of mounted domestics, seemingly in readiness to undertake some distant journey.
  2. An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service. figuratively,informal
    — Near-synonym: workhorse
  3. A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.
    — a Wagner warhorse

词形变化

warhorses plural

词源

From war + horse.
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