an animal of the horse family, with short legs and long ears. People ride donkeys or use them to carry heavy loads. 驴 Topics Animalsb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + donkey- ride
- bray
- graze
- cart
- ride
- work
- …
Word Originlate 18th cent. (originally pronounced to rhyme with monkey): perhaps from dun, or from the name Duncan.
Idioms
donkey’s (years)
talk the hind legs off a donkey
- (informal)
to talk too much, especially about things that are boring or not important 唠叨个没完没了;喋喋不休