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saddle

/sad-l/US // ˈsæd l //UK // (ˈsædəl) //

鞍座,鞍部,鞍子,马鞍

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
    • : a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc.
    • : a part of a harness laid across the back of an animal and girded under the belly, to which the terrets and checkhook are attached.
    • : something resembling a saddle in shape, position, or function.
    • : the part of the back of an animal where a saddle is placed.
    • : a cut comprising both loins.this cut, trimmed and prepared for roasting.
    • : the posterior part of the back.
    • : a ridge connecting two higher elevations.
    • : the covering of a roof ridge.
    • : bolster.
    • : a raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway.
    • : an inverted bracket bearing on the axle of a railroad car wheel as a support for the car body.
    • : Ordnance. the support for the trunnion on some gun carriages.
    • : Machinery. a sliding part for spanning a space or other parts to support something else, as the cross slide and toolholder of a lathe.
    • : a strip of leather, often of a contrasting color, sewn on the vamp or instep of a shoe and extending to each side of the shank.
    • : saddle shoe.
    • : Ceramics. a bar of refractory clay, triangular in section, for supporting one side of an object being fired.
    • : a member at the top of a tower for supporting a cable.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sad·dled, sad·dling.

    • : to put a saddle on: to saddle a horse.
    • : to load or charge, as with a burden: He has saddled himself with a houseful of impecunious relatives.
    • : to impose as a burden or responsibility.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sad·dled, sad·dling.

    • : to put a saddle on a horse.
    • : to mount into the saddle.

Phrases

  • saddle someone with
  • in the driver's seat (saddle)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • That may sound like “The Handmaid’s Tale” with saddles instead of bonnets, but North is working entirely in her own realm.

  • Another tweak is incorporating a low-friction material on the outside of the seat, or saddle, designed to avoid any chafing that kids might experience.

  • They used the path integral mostly as a vehicle to identify the saddle points.

  • This stem does a great job of absorbing high-speed vibrations that will wear you down after several hours in the saddle.

  • They can take the wheels and the saddle off the bike, but nabbing the frame would require more work.

  • Certainly Weaver has been the burr under Palmer's saddle for almost his entire career.

  • We will not rest till we find out what she ordered and how that famous butt is holding up after four days in the saddle.

  • With the big kettledrums on either side of the saddle, and all that.

  • But today, skyrocketing costs price way too many young people out of a higher education, or saddle them with unsustainable debt.

  • Mrs. Buller cooked a braised saddle of veal and delicious it was too served with a rich gravy flavored with claret.

  • Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.

  • "I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.

  • We had been twelve hours in the saddle, and had ridden over nearly a hundred miles of ground.

  • Also our six-shooters reposed in their scabbards, the four belts hooked over the horn of MacRae's saddle.

  • I pulled the saddle off my horse, slapped it down on the dirt floor, and went stalking up to the long cabin.