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Definition of hobby horse in English: hobby horsenoun 1A child's toy consisting of a stick with a model of a horse's head at one end. （供儿童骑着玩的）马头杆 Example sentencesExamples - Her unicorn hobby horse was a very special gift from Daddy.
- In the contest, they must race 100 metres with a hobby horse while hopping over jumps.
- This painting of a child with a hobby horse dates from 1836
- 1.1 A rocking horse.
摇马 Example sentencesExamples - He held her hand and rocked it back and forth like a child on a hobby horse.
- One shot of a young boy claiming to be an expert horseman shows a toddler rocking on a hobby horse.
- A drawing of King William at the top of this broadsheet, rocking on a wooden hobby horse, might have caused some offense in loyalist circles.
- 1.2 A model of a horse or a horse's head, typically of wicker, used in morris dancing or pantomime.
马形（或马头形）饰物（尤指枝条编成，用于莫利斯舞蹈或哑剧表演） Example sentencesExamples - The vibrant costumes and scenery gave bright splashes of cartoonish colour to the scenes and the props, such as hobby horses with nodding heads, were superb.
- Morris men, lords and ladies and even Hobnob the hobby horse were to be found mingling among the stalls.
- The Peace Police on their hobby horses added humour and colour to the events.
2A preoccupation or favourite topic. 使人全神贯注的事；喜欢的话题 Brennan admits that the greenhouse effect is a hobby horse of his Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, when the leak story broke, he got right back on his favorite hobby horse and began railing against unauthorized leaks as if this never happened.
- The other omitted item, and I admit this is a bit of a personal hobby horse of mine, is that there is no mention of the Little Ice Age, though consequences for it abounding in these pages.
- A lot of green organisations have adopted recycling as their hobby horse despite the fact that many people have suggested that recycling involves a lot of energy to effect.
- One of my little hobby horses is American cultural imperialism.
- It deals with one of my favourite hobby horses, Complexity Theory.
- Warning the government to be prudent, and to remain prudent, may sound like my favourite hobby horse, - and it is, but there are sound reasons why I always carry on about not overshooting the main budget.
- For those who don't know me, free speech is my biggest hobby horse.
- It is a focus on the young which has been a very strong hobby horse of mine for my entire career.
- ‘The whole business of communicating with families from sea has been a hobby horse of mine for a number of years, and we had fallen quite a long way behind people's expectation,’ he said.
- Yes, it's my old hobby horse - the Quality of Life.
- And you asked about collaboration among researchers; that's actually a hobby horse of yours, isn't it?
- This brings me back to my old hobby horse and the stupid traffic system inflicted on the residents of Spelthorne.
Synonyms obsession, fixation, idée fixe, ruling passion, consuming passion, mania, compulsion, fetish, preoccupation
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