white horse
noun /ˌwaɪt ˈhɔːs/
/ˌwaɪt ˈhɔːrs/
- any of several large figures of white horses in the English countryside, mainly in southern England. Most of them were made in prehistoric times, by cutting the grass away from the surface of chalk hills and probably had a religious meaning for the people who made them. Others are believed to be more recent. The best-known white horses are at Uffington in shire and at Westbury in Wiltshire.
白马：在英国乡村，主要在英格兰南部，数以百计的大白马。它们中的大多数是在史前时期制造的，方法是将草从白垩山的表面上剪下来，这对制造它们的人来说可能具有宗教意义。相信其他人是较新的。最著名的白马在牛津郡的乌芬顿和威尔特郡的韦斯特伯里。