“horse、fair”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

horse-fair

释义

ˈhorse-fair
A fair or annual market for the sale of horses. b. Hence the name of the square, place, or street where such a fair is or was held. (Cf. Mayfair, Haymarket, Cornmarket, etc., as place-names.)
1369Mem. Ripon (Surtees) II. 127 In le Horsefaire.1504Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees) 321 In le horsffayr, aliter dicto horstreyt gaytt..al. dicto horsgaitstreyt.1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2323/4 The Horse-Fairs at Ripon in Yorkshire, will be holden.1689–90Temple Ess. Trade Irel. (Jod.), There may be set up both a horsefair and races.1828Carlyle Misc., Voltaire (1840) II. 101 Figure Mahomet, in his youthful years, ‘travelling to the horse-fairs of Syria!’Mod. Barnet is celebrated for its annual horse-fair.
c. attrib. Such as is used in a horse-fair: dishonest, equivocating.
1606Sir G. Goosecappe iv. i. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 58 Away with these same horse-faire allegations; will you answer the letter?

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