成句・複合語:
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beat a dead horse, flog a dead horse v expr | figurative (pursue a hopeless cause) | 無駄なことをする HHiraganaむだなことをする |
| | I tried to convince him to come with us, but felt that I was beating a dead horse. |
carthorse, cart horse, cart-horse n | (horse that pulls a cart) | 荷馬車馬 名 HHiraganaにばしゃうま |
| charley horse n | colloquial (muscle cramp) (手・足の) | こむら返り、けいれん 名 HHiraganaこむらがえり、けいれん |
| | Running a short sprint usually gives me a charley horse in my calf muscle. |
chestnut tree, horse chestnut tree n | (horse chestnut) (樹木) | マロニエ、栃の木 名 HHiraganaまろにえ、とちのき |
| | The chestnut trees bloom in May and are covered in white blossoms. |
clothes horse, clotheshorse n | (frame for drying laundry) | 物干し、物干し台 名 HHiraganaものほし、ものほしだい |
| | I dry the clothes that cannot be tumble-dried by hanging them on the clothes horse. |
clothes horse, clotheshorse n | figurative (fashion-conscious woman) | ファッションにこだわる人 HHiraganaふぁっしょんにこだわるひと |
clothes horse, clotheshorse n | figurative (person: demonstrates clothes) (アパレル) | モデル、マネキン 名 HHiraganaもでる、まねきん |
| | Hannah put herself through university by working as a clothes horse for an exclusive fashion designer. |
| dark horse n | figurative (secretive person) (人) | 秘密主義者、隠し事をする人 名 HHiraganaひみつしゅぎしゃ、かくしごとをするひと |
| | You're such a dark horse! - you never told me you'd got married. |
| | なんて秘密主義者だ!なんで結婚してた事をこれまで言ってくれなかったんだ。 |
| dark horse n | figurative (little known political candidate) (比喩) | ダークホース 名 HHiraganaだーくほーす |
| | (選挙) | 予想外の候補者 名 HHiraganaよそうがいのこうほしゃ |
| | At first Obama was something of a dark horse, but he went on to win the election! |
| | 最初、オバマはダークホース程度の存在であったが、結局は選挙に勝ってしまった! |
| dark horse n | (little-known racehorse) (競馬) | ダークホース、力量未知数の出走馬、穴馬 名 HHiraganaだーくほーす、りきりょうみちすうのしゅっそうば、あなうま |
| | Nobody bet on the dark horse, who went on to place first. |
fava bean (US), broad bean (UK), horse bean n | (botany: plant) (植物) | ソラマメ 名 HHiraganaそらまめ |
fava bean (US), broad bean (UK), horse bean n | usually plural (edible pulse) (豆) | ソラマメ 名 HHiraganaそらまめ |
| | Fava beans are delicious in stews but do tend to cause flatulence. |
| from the horse's mouth expr | (first-hand, directly from the source) | 確かな筋から、本人から直接 副 HHiraganaたしかなすじから、ほんにんからちょくせつ |
| | Of course it's true - I got it straight from the horse's mouth. |
| go horse riding vi | UK (ride horses for pleasure) | 乗馬に行く 自動 HHiraganaじょうばにいく |
| | Would you like to go horse riding? |
| groomer n | (person who tends horses' coats) (馬の) | グルーマー 名 HHiraganaぐるーまー |
| | The groomer cleaned and brushed the horse. |
| heavy horse n | (large equine breed) (馬) | 重種 HHiraganaじゅうしゅ |
| horse barn n | (stable) | 馬小屋、厩舎 名 HHiraganaうまごや、きゅうしゃ |
| | The horse barn was large--it held eight horses and their tack. |
| horse breeding n | (equine husbandry) | 馬の繁殖 名 HHiraganaうまのはんしょく |
horse collar, horse-collar n | (baseball: score of zero) (野球) | 無得点 名 HHiraganaむとくてん |
horse collar, horse-collar vtr | US (sport: prevent from scoring) (スポーツ) | (対戦相手)を無得点に抑える 他動 HHiragana(たいせんあいて)をむとくてんにおさえる |
horse collar, horse-collar n | literal (part of harness that fits horse's neck) | 馬の首輪 名 HHiraganaうまのくびわ |
| horse farm n | (place where horses are bred) | 馬牧場 名 HHiraganaうまぼくじょう |
| horse feed n | (food intended for horses) | 馬糧 名 HHiraganaばりょう |
| horse keeper n | (person: tends horses) | 馬丁 名 HHiraganaばてい |
| horse lover n | ([sb] who is fond of horses) | 馬好きの人 名 HHiraganaうまずきのひと |
| horse manure n | (horse's excrement) | 馬糞 名 HHiraganaまぐそ |
| | She added horse manure to heat up her compost pile. |
| horse rancher n | US (person who works on a horse farm) | 馬牧場の労働者 名 HHiraganaうまぼくじょうのろうどうしゃ |
| horse ride n | (journey made on horseback) | 馬に乗っての移動、乗馬 名 HHiraganaうまにのってのいどう、じょうば |
| | We went for a horse ride in the woods together for my birthday. |
| horse riding n | (activity: riding on a horse) | 乗馬 名 HHiraganaじょうば |
| | I love horse riding but it makes my muscles ache afterwards. |
| horse sense n | (common sense, practicality) | 当たり前の常識[良識] 名 HHiraganaあたりまえのじょうしき[りょうしき] |
| horse show n | (horse riding competition) | 馬術大会 名 HHiraganaばじゅつたいかい |
| | Samantha and her mare will compete in the dressage event at the horse show. |
| horse tack n | (bridle, saddle, stirrups, etc.) | 馬具 名 HHiraganaばぐ |
horse trading, horse-trading, horsetrading n | (sale and purchase of horses) | 馬取引、馬の売買 名 HHiraganaうまとりひき、うまのばいばい |
horse trading, horse-trading, horsetrading n | figurative, informal (bargaining) (売買) | 交渉、取引、(値引きの)駆け引き 名 HHiraganaこうしょう、とりひき、(ねびきの)かけひき |
| | The lawyers engaged in horse trading before they reached a final agreement. |
| horse trailer n | (lorry for transporting a horse) | ホーストレーラー 名 HHiraganaほーすとれーらー |
| | Many larger cars can easily tow a horse trailer. |
| horse trainer n | ([sb] who teaches behaviour to horses) | 馬の調教師 名 HHiraganaうまのちょうきょうし |
| horse training n | (teaching behaviour to horses) | 馬の調教 名 HHiraganaうまのちょうきょう |
| horse-and-buggy n as adj | (relating to the pre-automotive era) | 馬車が走っていた時代の 連体句 HHiraganaばしゃがはしっていたじだいの |
| horse-and-buggy n as adj | figurative (old-fashioned) | 古くさい、時代遅れな 形 HHiraganaふるくさい、じだいおくれな |
| horse-drawn adj | (pulled by horse) | 馬引き~ 接頭 HHiraganaうまびき~ |
| horse-drawn carriage n | (vehicle pulled by a horse) | 馬車 名 HHiraganaばしゃ |
| | In some Spanish cities, you can hire a horse-drawn carriage to ride around and see the sights. |
horsefly, horse fly n | (large flying insect) (昆虫) | ウシアブ、ウマバエ 名 HHiraganaうしあぶ、うまばえ |
| | Tom was having a nice day until a horsefly bit his arm. |
horseracing, horse racing n | (race between horses) | 競馬 名 HHiraganaけいば |
| | Eddie enjoys watching horseracing, but he never places bets. |
| horsewhip n | (riding crop) | 乗馬鞭 名 HHiraganaじょうばむち |
| miniature horse n | (very small equine breed) (動物) | ミニチュアホース 名 HHiraganaみにちゅあほーす |
| one-horse adj | (using one horse) | 一頭立ての、一馬力の 連体句 HHiraganaいっとうだての、いちばりきの |
| one-horse adj | figurative (small, unimportant) | 貧弱な、ちっぽけな、些細な 形 HHiraganaひんじゃくな、ちっぽけな、ささいな |
| | Don talked as though he was running a great business empire, but really it was just a one-horse establishment. |
| pack horse n | (horse used for carrying) | 荷馬 名 HHiraganaにうま |
| | There is too much equipment for one pack horse to carry. |
| put the cart before the horse v expr | figurative (act prematurely) | 間違った順序で物事を行う、本末転倒なことをする 動詞句 HHiraganaまちがったじゅんじょでものごとをおこなう、ほんまつてんとうなことをする |
| | Sara insisted that having sex before marriage was like putting the cart before the horse. |
racehorse, race horse n | (horse that competes in races) | 競走馬 名 HHiraganaきょうそうば |
| | That racehorse has never lost. |
seahorse, sea horse n | (small horse-like fish) | タツノオトシゴ 名 HHiraganaたつのおとしご |
| | Some seahorses are no bigger than your finger. |
| | 人間の指程の大きさしかないタツノオトシゴもいる。 |
| shire horse n | (large working horse) | 大型で強い荷馬車用の馬、シャイアホース 名 HHiraganaおおがたでつよいにばしゃようのうま、しゃいあほーす |
| | Work on the farms formerly depended on shire horses. |
| | 農場での作業は、以前はシャイアホースに依存していた。 |
| Trojan horse n | (Greek mythology: wooden horse) (ギリシャ神話) | トロイの木馬 名 HHiraganaとろいのもくば |
| | The Greek soldiers were hidden inside the belly of the Trojan horse. |
| Trojan horse n | figurative ([sth] that infiltrates and harms enemies) | トロイの木馬、内部に潜入して破壊工作を行うもの 名 HHiraganaとろいのもくば、ないぶにせんにゅうしてはかいこうさくをおこなうもの |
| Trojan horse n | figurative (computer virus) (コンピュータウィルス) | トロイの木馬 名 HHiraganaとろいのもくば |
| | Browsing unsafe web page can result in infections by Trojan horses. |
| wild horse n | (horse which is untamed) | 野生の馬、荒馬 名 HHiraganaやせいのうま、あらうま |
| | A brumby is an Australian wild horse. |