donkey

英 ['dɒŋkɪ] 美['dɔŋki]

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n. 驴子；傻瓜；顽固的人

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中文词源

donkey 驴子

可能来自人名Duncan. 或来自dun, 暗褐色，词源同dun, 暗褐色，拼写受Monkey影响。

词态变化

复数: donkeys;

英文词源

donkey: donkey: [18] The usual English word for ‘donkey’ from Anglo-Saxon times was ass, and donkey is not recorded until Francis Grose entered it in his Dictionary of the vulgar tonge 1785; ‘Donkey or Donkey Dick, a he or Jackass’. No one really knows where it came from. The usual explanation offered is that it was based on dun ‘brownish grey’ and the diminutive suffix -ey, with the intermediate k added in imitation of monkey (donkey originally rhymed with monkey).
=> dun
donkey (n.): 1785, originally slang, perhaps a diminutive from dun "dull gray-brown," the form perhaps influenced by monkey. Or possibly from a familiar form of Duncan (compare dobbin). The older English word was ass (n.1).

双语例句

1. He gave the donkey a whack across the back with his stick.: 他拿棍子朝驴背上狠狠打了一下。

2. He gave the donkey a mighty prod in the backside.: 他用力捅了一下驴屁股。

3. He threw the old cloth saddle across the donkey's back.: 他把旧布鞍搭在驴背上。

4. The donkey brayed and tried to bolt.: 这头驴嘶叫着试图脱缰而逃。

5. A mule is a hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.: 骡子是公驴和母马交配而生的杂种动物。

英英释意

1. the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

2. domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn

考试真题

Mules have strong muscles like horses; but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler, like donkeys.

Do you know where a mule comes from? It is the child of a donkey and a horse.

But people still mostly fed carrots to horses, donkeys and pigs, and didn’t eat them themselves.

Technology has cut out much of life's donkey work, and we have more freedoms than ever: we can wear what we like and communicate with hundreds of friends at once at the click of a mouse.

实用场景例句

We've known each other for donkey's years.: 我们已认识多年。

...old iron mines that haven't been used in donkey's years.: 废弃已久的旧铁矿

I've been a vegetarian for donkey's years.: 多年以来我一直是个素食者。

Shadow puppets made of leather as raw materials, leather and Donkey Skin better.: 皮影用皮革为原料制成, 以牛皮和驴皮为佳.

Finally the donkey found himself entirely free of loads.: 最后驴身上空无一物.

The man lashed the donkey but it would not go any faster.: 这人用鞭子抽驴,可是它再也跑不快了.

And outside the donkey brays, the women gossip at pump, the colts gallop across the fields.: 而院外,驴子在咴咴地嘶叫, 女人在水井边叽喳地闲聊, 小马驹在田野上自由地欢跳.

Imagine 22 horses and a donkey ( racing ), you just wouldn't stand a chance.: 想象一下,一头驴与22匹马赛跑, 你一点机会都没有.

The benefit party at $ 100 a ticket promises to be a real fine donkey roast.: 这个募捐晚会,票价定为100美元1张,保证开成一个盛会.

Honestly, that man could talk the hind legs off a donkey.: 坦率地说, 那个男人简直是口若悬河.

Pin the Tail on the Donkey always fun when you're watching rather than pinning.: 当你在观看而不是在参与“为驴安尾 ” 这种游戏时,你会发现真是太有趣了. (接现在分词)

Our donkey is not used for pulling carts.: 我家这头驴就是不拉帮套.

Charles: Shakespeare also had people sprouting donkey ears and wood fairies running through his forests.: 错误的引用下莎士比亚的句子,“天地之间,有很多你意想不到的东西. ”

The little donkey rolled on the ground.: 小驴在地上打滚.

After another leg of the journey the donkey became listless , the master again lightened his burden.: 再走了一段路以后,驴更没精神了.主人又把货物移过去一部分.

What a donkey, dolt and dunce!: 真是个笨驴, 呆子,兼傻瓜!

The donkey is eating grass on the field.: 这头驴子正在田野上吃草.

They are nomadic omnivorous, and roaming like a wild donkey.: 他们恰像野驴一般居无定所、食无偏好、行踪飘忽.

His donkey threw up his head and brayed loudly.: 他的驴扬起头大声叫.

The donkey is a domesticated form of the African wild ass.: 驴是非洲野驴的一种已驯化的品种.

The farmer asked,'What ya gonna with a dead donkey?: 农夫吃惊地问:你要一头死驴干什么?

Nasreddin put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to market.: 内森里登把两大筐葡萄放在驴背上就去市场了.

He is as stubborn as a donkey.: 他像驴子一样倔强.

This donkey can carry two sacks of grain.: 这头驴能驮两袋粮食.

It is cruel of him to make the donkey carry such a heavy load.: 他真心狠,让驴驮这么重的东西.

A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.: 骡子是母马和公驴的杂交后代.

A donkey can carry a heavy burden.: 驴子能负重载.

He came riding on a donkey.: 他骑着驴子来了.

You are an absolute donkey.: 你是一个十足的蠢驴.

A mule is a hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.: 骡子是公驴和母马交配而生的杂种动物。

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