war-horse

基本解釋

They had now acquired the war-horse and the war-chariot, which the Hyksos hand brought to them.
他們現(xiàn)在得到了戰(zhàn)馬和戰(zhàn)車，那是希克索斯帶給他們的。
This paint , I stress expressing the sky and the ground below the sanguineous set, the war -smoke closes over the sky, the war -horse is braying.
新作這幅作品，我著重表現(xiàn)了蒼茫血色映襯下的天與地，烽煙蔽日，戰(zhàn)馬嘶鳴。
"If it comes to that, " said Aravis, "what about you drooping your head a bit more and arching your neck a bit less and trying to look less like a war-horse?
“說到這一點(diǎn)，”阿拉維斯說，“你要把腦袋再往下耷拉一點(diǎn)兒，脖子少拱起點(diǎn)兒，竭力裝得看上去不像匹戰(zhàn)馬，好嗎?。

Topham, an English fireplug who was five feet ten and weighed two hundred pounds, could bend iron pokers with his bare hands, roll pewter dishes into cannoli, and win a tug-of-war with a horse.
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You can refer to someone such as an old soldier or politician who is still active and aggressive as a warhorse.