Word · Frequency #803
horses
胡闹；玩闹；嬉闹
horses is the third person singular of horse.
to horse around; to behave in a rough, playful way
常作 horse around
- 1.
Synonym of horse around.
同 horse around(胡闹)。
- 2.
To play mischievous pranks on.
对...搞恶作剧。
- 3.
To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
给...配备马；为...提供马匹。
- 4.
To sit astride of; to bestride.
骑跨；跨坐。
- 5.
To copulate with (a mare).
(与母马)交配。
- 6.
To take or carry on the back.
背；驮。
- 7.
To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
把(某人)放在他人背上或木马、椅子等上加以鞭打或处罚。
- 8.
To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
像马一样用力拉、拖或移动(某物)。
捉弄；对…恶作剧；骑；跨坐；给…配马；为…提供马匹；背；驮；用力拖；使劲拉
In use
Stop horsing around and finish your homework.
The children were horsing around in the yard all afternoon.
If you keep horsing around, you'll break something.
horse around
horse around 意为胡闹、取笑，常用于祈使句。
Stop horsing around and get to work!
别胡闹了，开始工作吧！
horse (someone) about
horse about 与 horse around 同义，可接宾语表示取笑某人。
The kids were horsing each other about in the backyard.
孩子们在后院互相取笑打闹。
Verb forms
base horse · third person horses · -ing horsing · past horsed · past participle horsed
动词规则变化，过去式直接加-ed。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- horse around
- 胡闹；嬉闹；调皮捣蛋
- Stop horsing around and get to work.别胡闹了，开始干活吧。
- horse around with
- 和……胡闹；与……嬉闹
- He spent the afternoon horsing around with his cousins.他整个下午都和表兄弟们嬉闹。
Idioms & figurative uses
- beat a dead horse
- 白费力气；徒劳无益Stop arguing about the deadline; you're beating a dead horse.别再争论截止日期了，你在白费力气。
- dark horse
- 黑马；出人意料的人She was the dark horse of the competition and won the gold medal.她是比赛中的黑马，赢得了金牌。
- hold your horses
- 稍安勿躁；别着急Hold your horses! We haven't finished checking the details yet.稍安勿躁！我们还没检查完细节呢。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 horse 当动词记：马不老实就 horse around 胡闹，骑上去跨坐也靠 horse——想象“马背上撒欢”的画面。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：非正式交谈、朋友或同事相处 动词 horse 最常用的是短语 horse around，表示“胡闹、玩闹”，多用于口语和非正式场合。其他义项（如“给…配马”“骑跨”）比较少见或带专业色彩，日常对话中通常不出现。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时意为'使骑马，系马于'；作不及物动词时意为'骑马，取笑'
Pronunciation & Spelling
在美式英语中，horse /hɔrs/ 与 course /kɔrs/、force /fɔrs/、source /sɔrs/、coarse /kɔrs/、hoarse /hɔrs/ 押韵。注意：worse 拼作 -orse，但读 /wɜrs/，与 horse 不押韵；hoarse 与 horse 同音。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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