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词汇 beast-of-burden
语种 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译
释义

beast of burden


idiom literary
an animal such as a donkey or an ox that is used to carry or pull things役畜(如驴、牛等)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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Examples from literature

Elephants.—They are expensive and delicate, but excellent beasts of burden, in rainy tropical countries. 
Oxen require less tending than any other beasts of burden. 
She could hear him behind her panting like a tired beast of burden. 
To my astonishment, we met several trains of camels, and I learnt afterwards, that these animals were used as beasts of burden by the Kurds, as well as the Arabs. 

beast of burden | American Dictionary


beast of burden
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbist əv ˈbɜr·dən/
an animal used to perform work

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