| 单词 | saddle |
| 释义 | saddle n. & v. --n 1. a seat of leather etc., usu. raised at the front and rear, fastened on a horse etc. for riding. 2. a seat for the rider of a bicycle etc. 3. a joint of meat consisting of the two loins. 4. a ridge rising to a summit at each end. 5. the part of a draught-horse's harness to which the shafts are attached. 6. a part of an animal's back resembling a saddle in shape or marking. 7. the rear part of a male fowl's back. 8. a support for a cable or wire on top of a suspension-bridge, pier, or telegraph-pole. 9. a fireclay bar for supporting ceramic ware in a kiln. --vtr. 1. put a saddle on (a horse etc.). 2. a (foll. by with) burden (a person) with a task, responsibility, etc. b (foll. by on, upon) impose (a burden) on a person. 3. (of a trainer) enter (a horse) for a race. Phrases and idioms in the saddle 1 mounted. 2. in office or control. saddle-bag 1. each of a pair of bags laid across a horse etc. behind the saddle. 2. a bag attached behind the saddle of a bicycle or motor cycle. saddle-bow the arched front or rear of a saddle. saddle-cloth a cloth laid on a horse's back under the saddle. saddle-horse a horse for riding. saddle-sore chafed by riding on a saddle. saddle stitch a stitch of thread or a wire staple passed through the centre of a magazine or booklet. saddle-tree 1. the frame of a saddle. 2. a tulip-tree (with saddle-shaped leaves). Derivatives saddleless adj. Etymology: OE sadol, sadul f. Gmc |
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