horse是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 马； 跳马， 鞍马v. 骑马，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I shouldn't care to be the man or horse that stood up to Dick and me when we're in a hurry.'
-- 'My father was a Southern gentleman, and he could pull down and bite and kick into rags every horse he came across.
-- Brumby means wild horse without any breeding.
-- Imag-ine the feelings of Sunol if a car-horse called her a 'skate,' and you can imagine how the Australian horse felt.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting' It would seem that the stock of the horse of Israel had descended to our own time; would it not, friend?'
-- If to this be added the fact that, in con-sequence of the ex parte application of the spur, one side of the mare appeared to journey faster than the other; and that the aggrieved flank was resolutely indicated by unremitted flourishes of a bushy tail, we finish the picture of both horse and man.
-- One would think such a horse as that might get over a good deal of ground atwixt sun-up and sun-down.'
-- 'If we were alone, and you would leave that noble horse at the mercy of the wolves to-night, I could show you the way to Edward my-self, within an hour, for it lies only about an hour's journey hence; but with such ladies in your company 'tis impossi-ble!'
-- 'Tis the horrid shriek that a horse will give in his agony; oftener drawn from him in pain, though sometimes in terror.
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Certain it is, his advances were signals for rival can-didates to retire, who felt no inclination to cross a lion in his amours; insomuch, that when his horse was seen tied to Van Tassel's paling, on a Sunday night, a sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, ' sparking,' within, all other suitors passed by in despair, and carried the war into other quarters.
-- Certain it is, this was not the case with the redoubtable Brom Bones; and from the moment Ichabod Crane made his advances, the interests of the former evidently declined: his horse was no longer seen tied to the palings on Sunday nights, and a deadly feud gradually arose between him and the preceptor of Sleepy Hollow.
-- That he might make his appearance before his mistress in the true style of a cavalier, he borrowed a horse from the farmer with whom he was domiciliated, a choleric old Dutchman of the name of Hans Van Ripper, and, thus gallantly mount-ed, issued forth like a knight- errant in quest of adventures.
-- He rode with short stirrups, which brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers'; he carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings.
-- He was, in fact, noted for preferring vicious animals, given to all kinds of tricks which kept the rider in constant risk of his neck, for he held a tractable, wellbroken horse as unworthy of a lad of spirit.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'And now, mother,' said the boy, 'before I rest any more, I'll go out and see if I can find a horse to hold, and then I can buy some birdseed, and a bit of something nice for you, into the bargain.'
-- I only meant did you want your horse minded.'
-- The driver on coming up to them stopped his horse and looked earnestly at Nell.
-- 'If you see a woman a driving, you'll always perceive that she never will keep her whip still; the horse can't go fast enough for her.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was no wagon or sleigh road to the church, so Nekhludoff gave command, as he would in his own house, to have a horse saddled, and, instead of going to bed, donned a brilliant uniform and tight knee-breeches, threw on his military coat, and, mounting the snorting and constantly neighing, heavy stallion, he drove off to the church in the dark, over pools and snow mounds.
-- The peasants, recognizing Maria Ivanovna's nephew, led his horse to the driest spot, where he dismounted, then they escorted him to the church filled with a holiday crowd.
-- Nekhludoff experienced the feeling which a horse must feel when brushed down before the bridle is put on and it is led to be harnessed to the wagon.
-- "You ask, Who let the horse feed in the field?
-- Day in and day out--and every day is as long as a year--I worked with the scythe, and as I fell asleep the horse went among the oats.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They did it as a standing horse paws with his foot, or as a man enjoys killing animals in sport: because ancient and departed necessities had impressed it on the organism.
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