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鞍;馬鞍
A saddle is a leather seat that you put on the back of an animal so that you can ride the animal.
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VERB
給(馬等)備鞍;給…裝上馬鞍
If you saddle a horse, you put a saddle on it so that you can ride it.
例句
Why don't we saddle a couple of horses and go for a ride?
我們何不找幾匹馬套上馬鞍出去遛遛？
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(自行車或摩托車的)車座
A saddle is a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle.
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(羊、兔或鹿的)脊肉，腰肉
A saddle of lamb, rabbit, or venison is a piece of meat taken from the middle of the animal's back.
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VERB
使承擔(責任、任務)
If you saddle someone with a problem or with a responsibility, you put them in a position where they have to deal with it.
例句
The war devastated the economy and saddled the country with a huge foreign debt.
戰爭拖垮了經濟，使該國欠下了巨額外債。
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PHRASE
騎馬
If you are in the saddle, you are riding a horse.
例句
When I watch horse racing on television, I wish I was back in the saddle.
看到電視上的賽馬節目時，我真希望自己能再度跨馬奔馳。
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在位;掌權
If you are in the saddle, you are in power or in control of a situation.
例句
The armed forces and the hardliners are now going to be in the saddle.
武裝部隊和奉行強硬路線的人即將掌權。