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packhorse

/pak-hawrs/US // ˈpækˌhɔrs //UK // (ˈpækˌhɔːs) //

驮马,驮客,驮运者,驮运人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
    • : a person who works hard or bears a heavy load of responsibility.

Examples

  • They had parked the car and Val complained that he had become a sort of packhorse, and anything but patient one.

  • You're the man I saw 'knocking down your check,' as you called it, at an inn near here called the Packhorse.

  • And he went outside in search of Stanesby, whom he found strapping their swags on to the packhorse.

  • In the afternoon they reached a little town, whence a cart conveyed them to the "Packhorse."

  • When I rode up to Jack's place I saw his horse and packhorse tied up outside the gate.