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burro

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Animals
bur·ro /ˈbʊrəʊ $ ˈbɜːroʊ/ noun (plural burros) [countable]  American EnglishHBA a small donkey (小)毛驴
Examples from the Corpus
burroI followed by car and burro, tracking him from town to town.Unlike the unapproachable bison, the handout-loving burros eagerly greet motorists on the loop.The kids sounded like a herd of wild burros.
Origin burro (1800-1900) Spanish borrico, from Late Latin burricus small horse
bur·ro nounChineseSyllable
a donkey small Corpus


burro
burro /ˈbʊrəʊ $ ˈbɜːroʊ/ noun (plural burros) [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Spanish
 Origin: borrico, from Late Latin burricus 'small horse'
American English a small donkey


burroBrE /ˈbʊrəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɜːroʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
burros
)
(NAmE, from Spanish)
a small donkey 小驴