one-horse

英 [wʌn hɔːs]

美 [wʌn hɔːrs]

adj.  (城镇)极小的，闭塞落后的; (比赛)一骑绝尘的，胜负分明的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （城镇）极小的，穷乡僻壤的，闭塞落后的
  If someone describes a town as aone-horsetown, they mean it is very small, dull, and old-fashioned.
  1. Would you want to live in a small, one-horse town for your whole life?
     你想在一个闭塞落后的小镇上过一辈子吗？
• ADJ （比赛）胜负分明的
  If a contest is described as aone-horserace, it is thought that one person or thing will obviously win it.
  1. He described the referendum as a one-horse race...
     他称这次全民公决是一场胜负分明的比赛。
  2. Last season looked to be a one-horse race for much of the time, with the reigning champions coasting to an 11-point lead.
     上一赛季大部分时间都毫无悬念，卫冕冠军轻而易举便取得了11分的领先优势。

英英释义

adj

• small and remote and insignificant
  1. a jerkwater college
  2. passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
  Synonym:jerkwaterpokeypoky

双语例句

• Would you want to live in a small, one-horse town for your whole life?
  你想在一个闭塞落后的小镇上过一辈子吗？
• This was a one-horse town, a beautiful quiet place. The river wanders through some beautiful country.
  这里以前是个乡村小镇，宁静而又景色秀丽。这条河蜿蜒曲折地流经一些风景秀丽的乡村。
• A one-horse vehicle for public hire.
  用于公开出租的单马力交通工具。
• An open two-wheeled one-horse vehicle formerly widely used in Ireland.
  起初广泛应用于爱尔兰的开口的双轮的单马拉的车。
• I couldn't understand why a man who had always been so fond of the social scene should suddenly want to bury himself alive in a one-horse village at the back of no where.
  我不理解，为什么一位原先那么喜欢社交的人竟会突然隐居到偏僻的小村庄。
• But the two things are as different as an automobile and a one-horse shay.
  不过，这两者之间的区别就像汽车与单马轻便马车的区别一样明显。
• That experience, never fun, is far less wrenching in a city than in a one-horse town.
  这种经历尽管从来都不是乐趣，但在城市，它所带来的痛苦比偏僻的小镇要少得多。
• He described the referendum as a one-horse race
  他称这次全民公决是一场胜负分明的比赛。
• A low one-horse box sleigh.
  一种低的一马拉的象箱子形状的雪橇。
• The championship is looking increasingly lide a one-horse race.
  谁是冠军得主看来越来越明朗了。