| 单词 | saddle |
| 释义 | saddle (once / 187 pages) nv A saddle is a leather seat for horseback riders. If you saddle something, you either put a saddle on it or you burden it with something else. If you buy an expensive saddle for example. you may be saddled (or burdened) with debt. A saddle makes a horse's rider more comfortable and secure — and if you ever ride a camel, you'll also sit on a saddle. As a verb, to saddle means "to put a saddle on an animal," although it also has the figurative meaning of "to burden." Your excessive spending might saddle you with debt, or your position as the oldest of eight siblings could saddle you with too much responsibility. WORD FAMILYsaddle: saddled, saddler, saddlery, saddles, saddling, unsaddle+/saddler: saddlers/saddlery: saddleries/unsaddle: unsaddled, unsaddles, unsaddling USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s the same situation, financially struggling and trying to get myself back into the saddle,” Mr. Canunayon said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The expansion will add 14,000 square feet to the Saddle Peak Lodge to provide more room for the ski school and additional lockers. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Poor old Ebenezer Scrooge, saddled with that sharp and ungainly first name. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1n a seat for the rider of a horse or camel Hypo|Hyper English cavalry saddle, English saddle a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn packsaddlea saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached sidesaddlea saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse Western saddle, stock saddlean ornamented saddle used by cowboys; has a high horn to hold the lariat seat any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) 2n a seat for the rider of a bicycle Syn|Hyper bicycle seat seat any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) 3n a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe Hyper piece of leather a separate part consisting of leather 4n cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins Hyper cut, cut of meat a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass 5n posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl Hyper body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity 6n a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) Syn|Hyper saddleback mountain pass, notch, pass the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks 7v put a saddle on saddle the horses Ant|Hyper offsaddle, unsaddle remove the saddle from attach cause to be attached 8v load or burden; encumber he saddled me with that heavy responsibility Hyper burden, burthen, weight, weight down weight down with a load 9v impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to Syn|Hypo|Hyper burden, charge overburden burden with too much work or responsibility bear downexert a force or cause a strain upon deluge, flood out, overwhelmcharge someone with too many tasks adjurecommand solemnly command, require make someone do something |
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