saddle

noun
🔊/ˈsædl/
🔊/ˈsædl/
Idioms
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  1. a leather seat for a rider on a horse马鞍
    • She swung herself into the saddle.她飞身上马。🔊🔊
    see also side-saddle
  2. a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle(自行车或摩托车的)车座
  3. a piece of meat from the back of an animal(动物的)脊肉
    • a saddle of lamb一小羊
  4. Word OriginOld English sadol, sadul, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zadel and German Sattel, perhaps from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sella ‘seat’ and sit.
Idioms
in the saddle
  1. in a position of responsibility, control or authority担任领导职务;掌权;在位
    • It's actually good to be back in the saddle after the holidays.假期过后回到马鞍上真的很不错。
    • He wanted a united party, with himself firmly in the saddle.他想要一个团结的党,把自己牢牢地牢牢地牢牢扎在马鞍上。
  2. riding a horse骑马
    • Three weeks after the accident he was back in the saddle.出事后三个星期,他就又骑上马了。🔊🔊

saddle

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they saddle
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he / she / it saddles
🔊/ˈsædlz/
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past simple saddled
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past participle saddled
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-ing form saddling
🔊/ˈsædlɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. saddle something to put a saddle on a horse给(马)备鞍
    • Their horses were saddled and waiting.他们的马背负着等待。
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySaddle is used with these nouns as the object:
    • horse
    • pony
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    Word OriginOld English sadol, sadul, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zadel and German Sattel, perhaps from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sella ‘seat’ and sit.