mule
mule 英 [mju:l] 美 [mjul]
n. 骡;倔强之人,顽固的人;杂交种动物
名词复数:mules
- When a donkey and a horse have a baby, it's a mule. A mule, however, can not make babies — since it has an odd number of chromosomes (63, to be exact).
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- n. 骡;倔强之人,顽固的人;杂交种动物
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1. If I had that much money, I'd buy another mule.
要是我有那么多钱,我早就另买一头骡子了。
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2. Walking or riding on a mule, a tourist can look into the monasteries one by one.
如果你步行或骑着骡子进山观光,沿途便呈现出一座又一座修道院。
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3. First, through a pine forest, spurning the mule trail and the shortcuts, and sampling the blueberries; then through an alluvial cone, wasting precious energy.
首先,穿过一片松树林,没在意骡子走过的足迹和捷径,品尝着蓝莓;然后穿过冲击堆,浪费了宝贵的精力。
- mule (n.1) "offspring of donkey and horse," from Old English mul, Old French mul "mule, hinny" (12c., fem. mule), both from Latin mulus (fem. mula) "a mule," probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language.
- mule (n.2) "loose slipper," 1560s, from Middle French mule, from Latin mulleus calceus "red high-soled shoe," worn by Roman patricians, from mullus "red" (see mullet (n.1)). Related: Mules.
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