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donkey

noun
🔊/ˈdɒŋki/
🔊/ˈdɑːŋki/
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  1. an animal of the horse family, with short legs and long ears. People ride donkeys or use them to carry heavy loads.驴
    Topics Animalsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + donkey
    • ride
    donkey + verb
    • bray
    • graze
    donkey + noun
    • cart
    • ride
    • work
    • …
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    Word Originlate 18th cent. (originally pronounced to rhyme with monkey): perhaps from dun, or from the name Duncan.
Idioms
donkey’s (years)
  1. (British English, informal) a very long time很长时间
    • We've known each other for donkey's years.我们已认识多年。🔊🔊
    • I met him once, but that was donkey’s years ago.我曾经见过他，但这是驴的几年前。
    • This technology has been around for donkey's.驴子已经有了这项技术。
talk the hind legs off a donkey
  1. (informal) to talk too much, especially about things that are boring or not important唠叨个没完没了；喋喋不休