| 单词 | saddle |
| 释义 | saddle —saddleless, adj. —saddlelike, adj. /sad"l/, n. , v. , saddled, saddling. n. 1. a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal. 2. a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc. 3. a part of a harness laid across the back of an animal and girded under the belly, to which the terrets and checkhook are attached. See illus. under harness. 4. something resembling a saddle in shape, position, or function. 5. the part of the back of an animal where a saddle is placed. 6. - a. (of mutton, venison, lamb, etc.) a cut comprising both loins. b. this cut, trimmed and prepared for roasting. 7. (of poultry) the posterior part of the back. 8. a ridge connecting two higher elevations. 9. the covering of a roof ridge. 10. bolster (def. 7). 11. a raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway. 12. an inverted bracket bearing on the axle of a railroad car wheel as a support for the car body. 13. Ordn. the support for the trunnion on some gun carriages. 14. Mach. a sliding part for spanning a space or other parts to support something else, as the cross slide and toolholder of a lathe. 15. a strip of leather, often of a contrasting color, sewn on the vamp or instep of a shoe and extending to each side of the shank. 16. See saddle shoe. 17. Ceram. a bar of refractory clay, triangular in section, for supporting one side of an object being fired. 18. (in a suspension bridge) a member at the top of a tower for supporting a cable. 19. in the saddle, a. in a position to direct or command; in control. b. at work; on the job. v.t. 20. to put a saddle on: to saddle a horse. 21. to load or charge, as with a burden: He has saddled himself with a houseful of impecunious relatives. 22. to impose as a burden or responsibility. v.i. 23. to put a saddle on a horse (often fol. by up). 24. to mount into the saddle (often fol. by up). [bef. 900; (n.) ME sadel, OE sadol; c. G Sattel, ON sothull; (v.) ME sad(e)len, OE sadolian, deriv. of the n.; akin to SIT1] |
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