hobby-horse

英 ['hɒbiːh'ɔːs] 美 ['hɒbiːh'ɔːs]

• n. 反复唠叨的话题; 喜爱的话题; 老调重弹

英英释义

名词 hobbyhorse:

1. a topic to which one constantly reverts

2. a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride

经典引文

• He also had a tendency to be downright boring once he climbed aboard his hobbyhorse.

  出自： C. McCullough