saddle

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sad·dle1 /ˈsædl/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1. DSHa leather seat that you sit on when you ride a horse （马）鞍2. TTBTTRa seat on a bicycle or a motorcycle 〔自行车、摩托车等的〕车座 →4  See picture of 见图 BICYCLE 1 →5 see picture at 见图 motorbike, bicycle3  in the saddle informal a) DSHriding a horse 骑着马 We did six or eight hours in the saddle every day. 我们每天有六或八个小时骑在马背上。 b) POWERin a position in which you have power or authority 在位，掌权 He always has to be in the saddle, controlling everything. 他总是一定要掌握大权，控制一切。4. saddle of lamb/hare/venison a large joint of meat taken from the middle of the animal’s back 羔羊/野兔/鹿的脊肉

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saddle• The horse was willing, and allowed the man to place bridle and saddle upon him.• Ringlero has never owned his own saddle.• At the last second, he jumped from the saddle and swung on the trailer roof as the horse went in.• She had seen them on their expensive horses, swooping across country, confident in the saddle.• Somehow, she stayed in the saddle.• Hold the front of the saddle if you like.• Kelly's eyes flicked from the body on the ground to the horse, trampling the saddle beneath its unfeeling hoofs.• The road crawled upward toward the place where the saddle emptied into sky.

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saddle2 verb [transitive]  1.DSHto put a saddle on a horse 给〔马〕装鞍2 saddle up phrasal verb DSHto put a saddle on a horse 给〔马〕装鞍saddle something ↔ up He was in the stable, saddling up his horse. 他在马廐里，给马装鞍。3 saddle somebody with something phrasal verb RESPONSIBLEto make someone have a job or problem that is difficult or boring and that they do not want 使承担〔苦差事〕 I’ve been saddled with organizing the whole party! 我摊上了筹备整个派对的苦差事！ Many farms were saddled with debts. 许多农场都背负债务。→ See Verb table

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saddle• Having appeared to saddle Eliot with reading Sorel's book, I was reluctant to impose further tasks on him.• In haste she saddled it, hung a small sack of oats in front and led it away from the house.• Without a bumper harvest, refinancing will saddle many farmers with more debt that they can handle.• It was the last intention in me life to saddle meself with her.• His proposed tax cuts are warmed-over Reaganomics that could saddle our children with an ever-increasing national debt.• Cirrus also was saddled with higher operating costs than other companies, in part because it had grown so fast.• They also got saddled with thoroughly useless center Stojko Vrankovic and his extra-large contract.• Hell hath no fury like that of an unsuspecting mule about to be saddled with two, 10-foot kayaks.From Longman Business Dictionarysaddlesad‧dle1 /ˈsædl/ noun be in the saddle informal to be in charge of an organization or systemSeveral large corporations have a woman in the saddle.saddlesaddle2 verb → saddle somebody with something→ See Verb tableOrigin saddle1 Old English sadol

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saddle

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sad‧dle¹ /ˈsædl/ noun [countable]
1. a leather seat that you sit on when you ride a horse
2.
  a seat on a bicycle or a motorcycle
3. in the saddle informal
  a. riding a horse:
    We did six or eight hours in the saddle every day.
  b. in a position in which you have power or authority:
    He always has to be in the saddle, controlling everything.
4. saddle of lamb/hare/venison a large joint of meat taken from the middle of the animal’s back

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saddle² verb [transitive]
to put a saddle on a horse
     
saddle up phrasal verb
  to put a saddle on a horse
    saddle something ↔ up
    He was in the stable, saddling up his horse.
saddle somebody with something phrasal verb
  to make someone have a job or problem that is difficult or boring and that they do not want:
    I’ve been saddled with organizing the whole party__
    Many farms were saddled with debts.