outspan
/verb out-span; noun out-span/US // verb ˌaʊtˈspæn; noun ˈaʊtˌspæn //UK // Southern African //
延伸,延伸部分,延伸性,延伸阅读
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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out·spanned, out·span·ning.
- : to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon.
v.无主动词 verb
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out·spanned, out·span·ning.
- : to remove the yoke, harness, etc., from animals.
n.名词 noun
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- : the act or a place of outspanning.
Examples
One of the waggons had been loaded up in the morning and sent on to the outspan; the other was ready by sundown.
The principle of the road is always outspan on the other side of a drift—that is, the opposite side from the one you arrive at.
Saddling up the horse that remained and giving orders where the waggons were to outspan, Dawes cantered away into the veldt.
“We had better get on and find our outspan,” said Dawes, after the momentary silence which had fallen upon the pair.
Ralph and Suzanne reached their outspan place in safety a little before sunset.
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