cart horse

cart horse — 名詞

1. a horse that is bred to be big and strong so it can pull heavy carts, wagons, or

1.名詞B2
釋義

役用馬

專門培育來拉重物的強壯馬匹

a horse that is bred to be big and strong so it can pull heavy carts, wagons, or other loads

例句

Indra's grandfather bought two cart horses to pull the wagon of hay across the farm.

Indra 的祖父買了兩匹役用馬來拉農場上的乾草車。

countable noun used with numbers: two cart horses

The old cart horse stood in the stable after a long day of pulling logs.

那匹老役用馬在馬廄裡靜靜站著，結束了一整天拖運木頭的工作。

collocation: cart horse + pull [heavy load]

同義詞
  • draft horse

    the more common term in American English for the same type of horse

  • workhorse

    can refer to any horse used for farm or heavy work, not only for pulling carts

  • draught horse

    British spelling of 'draft horse'; more formal and less common in everyday speech