don·key /ˈdɑŋki, ˈdʌŋ, ˈdɔŋ-/
驢子,笨蛋,頑固者,輔助發動機,輔助泵
Don·key n.; pl. Donkeys
1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.
2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
Donkey engine, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes.
Donkey pump, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary.
Donkey's eye Bot., the large round seed of the Mucuna pruriens, a tropical leguminous plant.
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donkey
n 1: the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons
by Thomas Nast in 1874
2: domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild
ass; patient but stubborn [syn: domestic ass, Equus
asinus]