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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
  1. 1

    out·spanned, out·span·ning.

    • : to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    out·spanned, out·span·ning.

    • : to remove the yoke, harness, etc., from animals.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.