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unhorse

/uhn-hawrs/US // ʌnˈhɔrs //UK // (ʌnˈhɔːs) //

毫无征兆的,毫无征兆,毫无征兆地

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    un·horsed, un·hors·ing.

    • : to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle: Sir Gawain unhorsed the strange knight.
    • : to defeat; overcome; dislodge, as from a position or office: His vigorous campaign unhorsed his adversary.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verboverthrow

Examples

  • Have you not a minute ago seen Mazurec unhorse a knight all alone, with his stick and only a handful of sand?

  • The object of the young Irishman was to unhorse, or rather un-camel, his antagonist, and get him to the ground.

  • Scarcely did I catch her words, for a man sprang in, seizing my bridle-rein and leg and struggling to unhorse me.

  • They deal such blows upon their shields that, beside the wounded, they unhorse more than five hundred of them.

  • Thus the point of the fir-tree caught him upon the shoulder and came near to unhorse him.