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hobby 音标拼音: [h'ɑbi] n. 业余爱好,嗜好 业余爱好,嗜好 hobby n 1: an auxiliary activity [ synonym: { avocation}, { by- line}, { hobby}, { pursuit}, { sideline}, { spare- time activity}] 2: a child' s plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride [ synonym: { hobby}, { hobbyhorse}, { rocking horse}] 3: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds [ synonym: { hobby}, { Falco subbuteo}] Hobby \ Hob" by\, n.; pl. { Hobbies}. [ OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hob[' e], F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf. { Hobby} a horse.] ( Zool.) A small, strong- winged European falcon ({ Falco subbuteo}), formerly trained for hawking. Hobby
Hobby \ Hob" by\, Hobbyhorse \ Hob" by* horse`\, n. [ OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh. akin to E. hop to jump.] 1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form { hobbyhorse}.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever- recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one' s attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion. [ Usually under the form { hobby}.] [ 1913 Webster] Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] |
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