saddle

英 ['sædl] 美 ['sædl]

• n. 鞍；车座；山脊；当权
• vt. 装以马鞍；使负担
• vi. 装马鞍

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] (马)鞍,鞍状物

   a seat made to fit over the back of an animal, especially a horse, for a rider to sit on

2. [C] 车座

   a seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.

v. (动词)

1. vt. 套上马鞍

   put a saddle on a horse

2. vt. 使负担

   cause to load or charge with (sth) as a burden

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 鞍状物
2. 鞍，马鞍
3. 鞍状山脊，马鞍形山
4. 【机】座板，滑动座架
5. 浮桥的托梁
6. （脚踏车、自行车等的）鞍，车座
7. 带肋骨的肉，带脊骨的腰肉
8. 鞍形架
9. 【地】鞍部
10. 鞍状构造
11. 【物】谐振曲线的凹谷

v. 动词

1. 使负担，使承担，使受拖累，使某人肩负重担
2. 跨上马鞍，上鞍（常与up连用）
3. 强加
4. 加鞍，备鞍，给…备鞍，给（马）装鞍，给（马）备鞍，装以马鞍

英英释义

Noun:

1. a seat for the rider of a horse or camel

2. a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

3. cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins

4. a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe

5. a seat for the rider of a bicycle

6. posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl

Verb:

1. put a saddle on;

   "saddle the horses"
   

2. load or burden; encumber;

   "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
   

3. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;

   "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The jockey vaulted into the saddle .
   骑士一跃而跨坐鞍上。
2. The saddle galled the horse's back.
   马鞍擦伤了马背。
3. The bicycle saddle is too high for this child.
   这辆自行车车座对这孩子来说太高了。
4. He is determined to stay in the saddle at all cost.
   他打定主意要不惜一切代价继续掌权。
5. My brother as a manager was in the saddle again.
   我兄弟又当上了经理。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. I had to saddle for him the first few times.
   头几次我得替他套马鞍。
2. Don't saddle me with taking care of the children.
   别叫我干带孩子这种苦差事。
3. Don't try to saddle your dirty work on me!
   休想把你那份脏活甩给我干!

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. He saddled up his horse and rode away.
   他给马装上鞍子便骑马离去了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Please give me a lift onto the saddle.
   请扶我上马鞍。
2. He was putting a saddle on the horse.
   他正在给马备鞍。
3. The bicycle saddle is too high for this child.
   这辆自行车车座对这孩子来说太高了。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He saddled his horse, mounted, and rode away at a gallop.
   他给马套上鞍子,跨上马背疾驰而去。
2. It is no surprise that she could saddle the horses.
   她能给马备鞍并没有什么值得惊讶的。
3. They saddled a gentle pony for the child.
   他们给一匹温顺的小马套上鞍让那孩子骑。

经典引文

• Officials in faraway Moscow saddled the Ukraine club..with all the national team fixtures.

  出自：World Soccer

• Her escort is saddled with another job..to transport another uncontrollable passenger.

  出自：Punch

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

in the saddle

处于控制地位in a position of controlIt's good to have an experienced man in the saddle again.又有一位经验丰富的人掌权,这太好了。

用作动词 (v.)

saddle on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

〈非正〉强迫(某人)接受 force acceptance of (sth/sb unwanted) on〔upon〕 (sb)
saddle sth on〔upon〕 sb
Don't try to saddle your dirty work on me!

别想强迫我干你那脏活!

saddle up (v.+adv.)

给(马)备鞍 put a saddle on (a horse)
saddle up
We got the order to saddle up just after dawn.

我们得到命令,天一亮就要上好马鞍。 saddle sth ⇔ up
The horses were saddled up and ready to move.

马已上好了鞍,只等出发了。

saddle with (v.+prep.)

〈非正〉强迫(某人)承担 force (sb or oneself) to accept (sth/sb unwanted); give (sb or oneself) the responsibility for (sth/sb)
saddle with sth
He saddled with a large house which he can't sell or keep repaired.

他有一所既不能出售又不能修理的大房子,担子沉重。 saddle sb with sth/v-ing
He saddled his parents with heavy debts.

他让父母背上了沉重的债务。
Don't saddle me with taking the children to school again.

不要让孩子上学给我再增加负担了。
I am always being saddled with extra duties.

我总是被迫承担许多额外的责任。
She was saddled with the responsibility of educating three small children.

她承担着教育三个孩子的责任。
He was saddled with a large family to support.

他负有养家的重担。
At his father's death he was saddled with heavy debts.

他父亲的死使他负起很重的债务。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• get into saddle 上马
• jump out of the saddle 跳下马来
• lose the saddle 从马上摔了下来
• take the saddle 上马

形容词+～

• English saddle 英式马鞍
• western saddle (美国)西部牛仔鞍

名词+～

• stock saddle 牛仔

～+名词

• saddle horse 可骑的马

介词+～

• in the saddle 在马上,处于控制地位

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• saddle a pony 给小马备鞍
• saddle tax 征税

～+副词

• saddle up 给马装上鞍,备马

～+介词

• saddle for 为…备鞍
• saddle on〔upon〕 把…强加给
• saddle a burden on sb 使某人负重担
• saddle heavy taxes upon the people 向人民征收重税
• saddle with 使承担
• saddle sb with heavy tasks 使某人负重担

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. saddle用作名词的意思是“鞍子”或类似鞍子的鞍状物,转化为动词意为“套上马鞍”,引申可表示“使(某人)负担”责任、债务等,既可指别人强加于自己的负担,也可指由于自己的过错而造成的负担。
2. saddle一般用作及物动词,常接动物作宾语。表示“使(某人)负担”责任、债务时,常与介词with连用。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的sadol，意为马鞍。

近反义词

【近义词】

• burden 负担
• encumber 妨害
• oppress 使烦恼
• harness 马具
• yoke 轭
• load 负荷
• weight 重量
• ridge 脊
• weigh 衡量
• down 向下
• weigh down 使 ... 负重担...
• hitch up 准备开钻
• hitch 猛拉
• up 向上
• saddleback 鞍状峰
• charge 责任

【反义词】

• unsaddle 解下马鞍