| 释义 |
‖ burro|ˈburo|
[Sp.]
A donkey. Now esp. U.S. (common in Western states).
1800Southey in Life (1850) II. 119 The easy pace and sure step of the John burros. 1800― Lett. (1856) I. 129 By the aid of a burro and the good baiting-places in the way. [Frequent in Southey.] 1845T. J. Green Jrnl. Texian Exped. xii. 166 The sick were permitted to ride upon ‘burros’ (jack-asses). 1882Rep. Prec. Met. (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 569 With these attached a burro or horse runs the machine. 1884Harper's Mag. Oct. 750/2 Even pottery and singing-birds, are..brought burro-back, packed in..crates. 1932E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost xviii. 197 One of the burros is laden with wooden casks. |