| 单词 | donkey |
| 释义 | donkey (once / 694 pages) n A donkey is a four-legged domesticated farm animal with hooves that's related to the horse. Donkeys are known for the braying sound they make and their long ears. Farmers often keep donkeys for pulling carts, carrying heavy loads, or even for guarding flocks of sheep. In some places, donkeys are ridden like horses or kept as calming companions for nervous horses. The word donkey was first used as slang for the animal then only called an ass. It was probably modeled after monkey, with which it originally rhymed, from dun, or "a grayish brown color." WORD FAMILYdonkey: donkeys USAGE EXAMPLESHis Christmas card was a cartoon portraying him and his wife as the two halves of a pantomime donkey. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) This exquisite, deceptively quiet novel opens with a 12-year-old Iranian girl and her donkey, trekking down a desolate desert road. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) The moment he was partly transformed into a donkey, the paintbrushes were turned upside down. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1n domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn Syn|Hypo|Hyper Equus asinus, domestic ass burro small donkey used as a pack animal mokeBritish informal for donkey ass hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse 2n the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 Hyper allegory, emblem a visible symbol representing an abstract idea |
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