donkey

英 [ˈdɒŋki]

美 [ˈdɑːŋki]

n.  驴

复数：donkeys　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7036 / COCA.9477

习惯用语

n.

donkey's years
• 很长时间
  a very long time
• We've known each other for donkey's years.
  我们已认识多年。
talk the hind leg off a donkey
• 唠叨个没完没了；喋喋不休
  to talk too much, especially about boring or unimportant things

牛津词典

noun

• 驴
  an animal of the horse family, with short legs and long ears. People ride donkeys or use them to carry heavy loads.

柯林斯词典

• 驴
  Adonkeyis an animal which is like a horse but which is smaller and has longer ears.
• PHRASE 很久;多年
  Fordonkey'syearsmeans for a very long time.
  1. I've been a vegetarian for donkey's years.
     多年以来我一直是个素食者。
  2. ...old iron mines that haven't been used in donkey's years.
     废弃已久的旧铁矿

英英释义

noun

• domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass
  Synonym:domestic assEquus asinus
• the symbol of the Democratic Party

双语例句

• The saint said, You tied up the donkey, but did you untie him?
  圣人说：你把驴拴好了，可你给它解绳子了吗？
• They mated a horse with a donkey.
  他们让马与驴交配。
• The donkey can break wares in a second, but it can not make a ware in one hundred years.
  这驴子能在顷刻之间打破窑器，但它却一百年也做不成一个窑器呀！
• Two peasant women with funny straw hats passed, gravely, leading beautiful smoke-colored donkey.
  两个戴着可笑草帽的农妇神情庄重地牵着漂亮的暗灰色的毛驴走了过去。
• A male donkey mated with a mare
  公驴配母马
• This donkey can carry two sacks of grain.
  这头驴能驮两袋粮食。
• It is cruel of him to make the donkey carry such a heavy load.
  他真心狠，让驴驮这么重的东西。
• The donkey brayed and tried to bolt.
  这头驴嘶叫着试图脱缰而逃。
• The horse family also includes the donkey.
  马科也包括驴子。
• A mule is the hybrid from a donkey and a horse.
  骡子是驴和马杂交而生的。