The horse reared as the fire engine dashed past

消防车疾驰而过，马被惊得站立了起来。

属类：学习英语-同义词辨析-

It’s horse sense that one horsepower is the power to lift 550 pounds one foot in one second.

一马力等于一秒钟将550磅重的物体提高1英尺时所做的功,这是常识

属类：学习英语-易错英语-

This election has two dark horse candidates in it.

这次选举出现了两匹黑马。

属类：学习英语-成语例句-

The engine was fifty horse power.

这台发动机有五十匹马力。

属类：学习英语-语法例句-

Seated on the ground are a group of young men playing horse headed fiddles.

坐在地上的是一些弹马头琴的年轻人。

属类：学习英语-语法例句-

What fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh.

坐在一只马拉的雪橇上，心情多欢畅。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高一课文

’Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth’

词汇掌故：不要对礼物挑三拣四

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：不要对礼物挑三拣四

In other words, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

换句话说，不要对礼物挑三拣四。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：不要对礼物挑三拣四

However, some word experts say the idiom is much older than that. However old it is, people must have used it when gifting a horse was a common thing.

然而，一些词汇专家表示，这句习语比这还要更加古老。不管有多古老，人们肯定是在把送马当常事时使用这个习语。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：不要对礼物挑三拣四

To understand this idiom, we must understand a bit about horse ’s teeth. They grow over time. So, checking the length of the teeth is a way of knowing the horse’s age. Although I have never given or received a horse, I’m guessing a young horse makes a better gift than an old one.

为了理解这句习语，我们必须了解一下马的牙齿，它们随着年纪增长而生长。所以，检查牙齿长度是了解马的年龄的一种办法。虽然我从没送过也没收到过马，但我猜小马比老马更适合当礼物。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：不要对礼物挑三拣四

The expression comes from horse racing.

这种表达出自于赛马。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：关于field的一些表达