dark horse
英 [dɑːk hɔːs]
美 [dɑːrk hɔːrs]
n. 黑马(最近刚取得或将要取得成功的新人)
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 黑马(最近刚取得或将要取得成功的新人)
If you describe someone as adark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.- Until recently A. S. Byatt was a dark horse, known only by those steeped in literature.
一直到前不久,A.S.拜厄特都还是只为潜心研究文学的人所知晓的一匹黑马。
- Until recently A. S. Byatt was a dark horse, known only by those steeped in literature.
英英释义
noun
- a racehorse about which little is known
- a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly
双语例句
- And a "dark horse" the only possibility," in different regions and different types of "sentence.
和“黑马”唯一的可能性,“在不同的地区,”不同类型的句子。 - The dark horse of this world cup is the US.
本届世界杯上的黑马将是美国。 - I'm going to vote for him even though he's a dark horse.
尽管他是一匹“黑马”,我准备投他的票。 - This year, though, the other party nominated a dark horse out of nowhere.
然而,今年另一个党提名了一个不知从那儿冒出来的人,谁也不认识他。 - Our girls 'football team was a dark horse in the last League Match.
在上次联赛中我们的女子足球对爆了冷门。 - I think Thailand were the "Dark Horse" of this year's World Grand Prix preliminaries.
我觉得泰国是前几轮比赛的黑马。 - Jim is a dark horse in the final.
吉姆是决赛中的冷门。 - PG Andersson starts the rally as Ford's dark horse for success.
作为福特本赛季的黑马,PG安德森也将参加本站比赛。 - The men's team of Portugal have showed once again that they might really be a dark horse.
葡萄牙男队再次证明了他们可能真是黑马。 - I have confidence in him. I know he will be a dark horse in the contest.
(我对他有信心。我知道他在这次的比赛中将是一匹黑马。)