Saddle

['sæd(ə)l] or ['sædl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl.

(noun.) a seat for the rider of a horse or camel.

(noun.) a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe.

(noun.) cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.

(verb.) put a saddle on; 'saddle the horses'.

(verb.) load or burden; encumber; 'he saddled me with that heavy responsibility'.

贝拉編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.

(n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.

(n.) A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.

(n.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.

(n.) A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.

(n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

(n.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.

(v. t.) To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.

(v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.

編輯:米考伯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Put a saddle on.[2]. Load, burden, encumber.

手打:马吉

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Impose, burden, load, shackle, clog, charge, encumber

ANT:Rid, relieve, exonerate, disburden, liberate, disencumber

康拉德編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a seat or pad generally of leather for a horse's back: anything like a saddle as a saddle of mutton veal or venison—a butcher's cut including a part of the backbone with the ribs on one side: a part of the harness used for drawing a vehicle: the seat on a bicycle: (naut.) a block of wood fastened to some spar and shaped to receive the end of another spar.—v.t. to put a saddle on to load: to encumber.—n. Sadd′le-back a hill or its summit when shaped like a saddle: a raccoon oyster: the great black-backed gull: the harp-seal: a variety of domestic geese: the larva of the bombycid moth: (archit.) a coping thicker in the middle than at the edges.—adj. Sadd′le-backed having a low back and an elevated head and neck.—ns. Sadd′le-bag one of two bags united by straps for carrying on horseback; Sadd′le-bar a bar for sustaining glass in a stained-glass window; Sadd′le-blank′et a small blanket folded under a saddle; Sadd′le-bow the arched front of a saddle from which the weapon often hung; Sadd′le-cloth the housing or cloth placed under a saddle.—n.pl. Sadd′le-feath′ers the long slender feathers which droop from the saddle or rump of the domestic cock.—ns. Sadd′le-girth a band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place; Sadd′le-horse a horse suitable for riding; Sadd′le-joint a joint made in plates of sheet-iron so that the margins interlock: (anat.) a joint admitting movement in every direction except axial rotation; Sadd′le-lap the skirt of a saddle; Sadd′le-plate the bent plate which forms the arch of the furnace in locomotive steam-boilers; Sadd′le-quern an ancient quern for grinding grain; Sadd′ler a maker of saddles: the harp-seal; Sadd′le-rock a variety of the oyster; Sadd′le-roof a roof having two gables; Sadd′ler-cor′poral a non-commissioned officer in the household cavalry with the charge of the saddles; Sadd′ler-ser′geant a sergeant in the cavalry who has charge of the saddlers: (U.S.) a non-commissioned staff-officer of a cavalry regiment; Sadd′lery occupation of a saddler: materials for saddles: articles sold by a saddler.—adjs. Sadd′le-shaped shaped like a saddle: (bot.) bent down at the sides: (geol.) bent down at each side of a ridge; Sadd′le-sick galled with much riding.—ns. Sadd′le-tree the frame of a saddle.—Put the saddle on the right horse to impute blame where it is deserved.

手打:米米