hobby-horse

n.
1.traditional character in the old May-games. esp. inthe morris-dance,consisting of a man riding a paste-board or wicker or wooden horse with his legs con-cealed beneath a foot cloth 玩具马，木马，假马。(英国农村古老的五月节游戏中的 一种角色，由人骑着用硬纸板、柳条或木头做的假马，摹拟马的动作，跳莫利斯舞蹈，人腿遮在布挡后面。)
△Ham.3.2.143 (133): “or else shall he suffer notthinking on,with the hobby-horse，” (Old villagegames were being suppressed at this period in Englandowing to the opposition of the Puritans.)不然他只好被人忘掉，像五月节的柳条马。(按：当时英国农村的古老游戏，后因受到清教徒反对，已渐绝迹。)
△L.L.L.3.1. 32 (29):“Thehobby-horse is forgot，”(The refrain of a ballad.) 木马被人忘记了。(一首歌谣的叠句。)

hobby-horse

2. (term of contempt) buffon,loose person （蔑称）小丑，放荡的家伙 。
△Ado.3.2.74(72):“which these hob-by-horses must not hear.”这不能让这些捣乱鬼们听见。
3. loose woman,prostitute,whore 荡妇，娼妓，婊子。
△Oth.4.1.158 (154): “There,give it your hobby-horse. ”拿去，还给你那个婊子吧。
△L.L.L.3.1.33(30):“Call'st thou my love hobby-horse?”你把我的爱人叫做“婊子”吗？