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mule

noun
🔊/mjuːl/
🔊/mjuːl/
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  1. an animal that has a female horse and a male donkey as parents, used especially for carrying loads骡子
    • He's as stubborn as a mule.他像骡子一样倔。🔊🔊
    • a man on a mule骑着骡子的男子
    Topics Animalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • pack
    • stubborn
    … of mules
    • team
    verb + mule
    • ride
    • ride on
    mule + verb
    • bray
    • carry something
    preposition
    • by mule
    • on a/​the mule
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  2. (slang) a person who is paid to take drugs illegally from one country to another越境运毒者
    • a drug/drugs mule毒品/毒品
    • The authorities believe these men are important figures in the drug trade, not merely mules.当局认为这些人是毒品交易的重要人物，而不仅仅是驴子。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  3. a slipper (= a soft shoe for wearing indoors) or a woman's shoe that is open around the heel（跟部敞开的）凉拖鞋Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    4. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Old English mūl, probably of Germanic origin, from Latin mulus, mula; reinforced in Middle English by Old French mule.sense 3 mid 16th cent.: from French, ‘slipper’.