| 单词 | on muleback |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also by, etc.) muleback In on (also by, etc.) muleback: mounted or loaded on the back of a mule or mules. ΚΠ 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 84 His Mayor Domo, on Horse-back, that is to say, On Mule-back. 1845 New Monthly Mag. Jan.–Apr. 32 Don Eugenio de Aviraneta..travell[ed] half over Spain on muleback, disguised as a peasant or fruit-seller. 1878 Harper's Mag. Jan. 283/2 He put it in his broken English, ‘On horse-back or mule-back, and many times on foot-back.’ 1932 E. Waugh Black Mischief iv. 137 It was necessary for the Emperor to leave his car and complete the journey on mule back. 1973 K. Benton Craig & Jaguar iii. 29 An estate..surrounded by high mountain ranges..and until recently only accessible by mule-back. 1990 ‘L. de Bernières’ War Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts i. 7 Hundreds of peasants arrived on muleback to get away from their women, their labour, their poverty. < as lemmas |
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