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.- 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?
- Would you want to live in a small, one-horse town for your whole life?
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- He described the referendum as a one-horse race...
英英释义
adj
- small and remote and insignificant
- a jerkwater college
- passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
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.
这里以前是个乡村小镇,宁静而又景色秀丽。 - A covered one-horse carriage with two seats. a covered wagon
马车一种有篷的由一匹马拉的双座马车 - 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。 - Oh! What fun it is to ride in a one-horse o-pen sleigh!
噢!这是多么有趣,在单马开篷雪橇上! - 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。 - Gordon is leaving this one-horse town.
戈登要离开这个(偏僻简陋的)村小镇。 - 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。 - 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。 - In a one-horse open sleigh.
“只马无蓬”的雪橇。