donkey的中文

时间: 2024-11-10 06:59:40

(部分内容来自网络，其真实性存疑，为了避免对您造成误导，请谨慎甄别。)

donkey
/ 5dCNki /

◙ (pl. -eys)
1. a domesticated hoofed mammal of the horse family with long ears and a braying call, used as a beast of burden; an ass
• 驴
2. Equus asinus, family Equidae, descended from the wild ass of Africa
• 拉丁名Equus asinus，马科，起源于非洲野驴
3. [informal] a stupid or foolish person
• [非正式] 蠢人；傻瓜
4. [informal] an engine
• [非正式] 发动机
5. (也作 donkey stool)a low stool on which an artist sits astride, especially in an art school
• （尤指在艺术学校中艺术家跨坐的）低凳
6. [mass noun] a children's card game involving exchanging cards
• （儿童的）换牌游戏

【IDIOMS】

◘ donkey's years
1. [informal] a very long time
• [非正式] 很多年，很久
»we've been close friends for donkey's years.
很多年来我们一直是很亲密的朋友。

【语源】

1. late 18th cent. (originally pronounced to rhyme with monkey): perhaps from dun, or from the given name Duncan