mule1
noun mjuːlmjul
1The offspring of a donkey and a horse (strictly, a male donkey and a female horse), typically sterile and used as a beast of burden.
骡，马骡。比较HINNY 1Compare with hinny- The shock came yesterday, after one of the mules kicked another.
- To get up the hill, we had to ride these adorable mules.
- There was a farmer who wanted to get rid of this old mule.
- At the edge of her mind, she heard a mule braying loudly, in fear.
- Now, scientists at the University of Idaho have successfully cloned a mule.
- A popular method is to have mules carry different gun parts to their destination.
- Instead we often get stuck riding a reliable mule up a rough trail.
- But because mules are sterile, breeding new champions is difficult.
- The pack mules carrying the gold ore scattered in all directions, spilling ore over a wide area.
- The world's first cloned mule was born on May 4, 2003.
- As hybrids, mules are almost always sterile.
- Silene was waiting for me as I unloaded the mule and dragged the sacks of flour into the kitchen.
- Christopher grabbed a coffee cup out of the pack that the mule was carrying.
- My mother dumped me like an old mule to be left for death.
- The Israelites used various beasts of burden - mules, horses, camels and oxen.
- He entered the cocoa industry but after its decline started his own transport business with mule carts.
- It is like being kicked by a mule in the chest.
- They hopped off their horses, not bothering to unload the mules.
- Being the offspring of a male donkey and a mare, mules are sterile.
- The mules were unloaded and swam across, following the bell mare.
ass- 1.1 An obstinate person.
- And I especially loved the part where Trace told Callie he loved her; I almost cried, but not before thinking that Callie is such a mule for being so stubborn.
- We're two stubborn old mules who need to have their own way.
- I don't think Franzen is particularly gifted but he is a mule.
- An angry David Whitechapel was a stubborn mule, which refused to budge.
- 1.2informal A courier for illegal drugs.〈非正式〉毒品送货人
- The mules wrap the cocaine in condoms and swallow them.
- Dealers and runners and mules and nine-year-old lookouts would be off street corners, and out of the line of fire.
- The profits are enormous and there is no shortage of impoverished drugs mules prepared to swallow tiny packets of pure cocaine and smuggle them into Britain.
- In the drug world, mules are used to carry the product into countries without being detected.
- She could have been a heroin mule or a gun smuggler for all anyone knew.
- Lloyd, the manager, is now a drug mule.
- Police warned that she and other sniffer dogs would be regularly used to stop so-called human mules bringing down drugs from London to sell in Southampton and Portsmouth.
- And so you can accept that becoming a drugs mule is the only career opportunity that might offer financial salvation.
- Drug mules, long agreed by all as the real carriers of weapons of mass destruction, routinely elude the army, security guards and high-tech scanners.
- Maria, to bring money to her family and escape a stifling existence in her small Colombian town, risks becoming a mule for a drug ring.
- The film doesn't gloss over the violent nature of the drugs industry, but its sympathetic portrait of the mules is quietly provocative.
- I have come to the conclusion that my landlord moonlights as a mule for drug dealers.
- Police said he had been contracting drug mules to swallow and smuggle cocaine into Europe.
- A black poster at Kingston's airport is blunt: ‘Drug mules beware: It's a plane ticket to hell.’
- Again, the harshest punishments often go to street dealers and mules who don't have much information about the drug world to give prosecutors in exchange for a lower sentence.
- She found a quicker way to make money: being a drug mule.
- At his trial, it was stated that he was tempted to act as a drugs mule to help feed his huge gambling habit.
- ‘Am I unwittingly being used as a drugs mule by some major Colombian Mr Big?’
- This is an indication that international drugs gangs are increasingly using mules to smuggle the narcotic into the country.
- If it ever happens, it will just mean more greedy fools becoming mules and, again, add more cost to the overloaded Australian taxpayers to board, feed and entertain convicted drug runners in comfort.
contrabandist, runner, courier, bootlegger
2A hybrid plant or animal, especially a sterile one.
（尤指不育的）杂交动物；杂交植物- Finch mules have always been more difficult to breed than the canaries or finches themselves, but some were less difficult than others.
- A total of 989 female ducks were studied over three generations, as well as 4025 purebred offspring and 4125 male mule offspring.
- Some of the considerable biodiversity of corals may come from underwater versions of mules, say researchers.
- 2.1 Any of several standard cross-bred varieties of sheep.杂种羊
- Another local farmer, Neil Heseltine, from Malham, was awarded a prize for his local pair of mule gimmer lambs.
- Special sale of mules, Greyface ewe lambs, on Saturday, September 11.
3A kind of spinning machine producing yarn on spindles, invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779.
（1779年由塞缪尔·克朗普顿发明的）走锭纺纱机- Past inventors have, of course, included Samuel Crompton of spinning mule fame.
- His near contemporary, the shy and upright Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed Britain to corner the market in fine-spun cottons.
- The room in which the spinning mule was invented is still arranged as it may have looked in Samuel's time.
- Morris said: ‘It was interesting to note that we planted a fir tree, because Samuel Crompton's mule was made from the same wood.’
- When we look at it now we think of the great inventor Samuel Crompton, who grew up there and invented his spinning mule within its walls.
- After the invention of the hand-operated cotton mule spinning machine in the 1760's, that time dropped to 300 hours.
- They had a couple of spinning mules set up, either at home or in a rented room, or in a stall at one of the new mills.
- Crompton's invention of the spinning mule in 1779 marked a major step forward in the Industrial Revolution.
- Items which belonged to Crompton can be seen in the Hall along with part of a replica spinning mule.
- Within 30 years 120,000 people were working on spinning mules across the UK and it was estimated that 700,000 depended on them indirectly for their livelihood.
- On each set of mule spindles, a male adult ‘minder’ engaged two junior assistants or piecers.
- Other activities will include Victorian toys to play with and demonstrations of the mill's spinning mules, waterwheel and the power loom.
4A small tractor or locomotive, typically one that is electrically powered.
（尤指电动的）小型拖拉机；小型电动机车- The trolley pole is mounted on a cylindrical bearing member secured to the side of an electric mule or locomotive for pivotal movement about a vertical axis.
- Mules are very tough machines and are about the perfect size.
5A coin with the obverse and reverse of designs not originally intended to be used together.
（正、反两面的图案不相配的）错铸硬币- On Feb. 7 of that year, the Secret Service, after examining the mule, returned the coin to Baller, accompanied by a letter from Special Agent Richard M. McDrew.
- There are three recognised mule coins from the Republic of India.
Origin
Old English mūl, probably of Germanic origin, from Latin mulus, mula; reinforced in Middle English by Old French mule.
A mule results from crossing a donkey and a horse, strictly a male donkey and a female horse (the technical name for the offspring of a female donkey and a stallion is hinny (late 17th century) from Latin hinnus). Mules have traditionally been used as beasts of burden, and are also traditionally regarded as stubborn. Someone stubborn, stupid, or physically tough has been called a mule since the 15th century. As a name for a courier for illicit drugs, mule dates from the 1920s in US slang. The name of the animal goes back to Latin mulus. It has no connection with mule in the sense ‘a slipper or light shoe without a back’. This comes from a term for the reddish shoes worn by magistrates in ancient Rome, Latin mulleus calceus.
Rhymes
Banjul, befool, Boole, boule, boules, boulle, cagoule, cool, drool, fool, ghoul, Joule, mewl, misrule, O'Toole, pool, Poole, pul, pule, Raoul, rule, school, shul, sool, spool, Stamboul, stool, Thule, tomfool, tulle, you'll, yule
mule2
noun mjuːlmjul
A woman's slipper or light shoe without a back.
拖鞋；拖鞋式轻便鞋- If you are looking for something more formal or trendy, go with mules, sleek leathers and simple designs and soles.
- A bare foot is what grips your foot to the shoe and keeps the mules from being treacherous.
- This spring, watch out for flat mules as a big trend.
- Avoid shallow styles like most sandals and mules and don't go barefoot (neither of these options supports your foot).
- Soft or hard sole slippers, moccasins, slip-ons or mules - these are just a few of the appealing styles you can find.
- Throwbacks to a swell fashion trend of yesteryear, they spice up any pair of shoes, from ballet flats to mules or slinky stilettos.
- And, unless you are adept at teetering in mules, wearing shoes without tights is uncomfortable, especially if you have to walk more than a few yards.
- Dress code: ‘Sporty geek chic’ for guys and ‘chichi, with mules and push-up bras’ for dolls.
- The pointy-toed trend is prevalent in practically every style from slingbacks and mules to flats, boots and everything in between.
- I prefer to go barefoot, but I have trainers, high heeled mules, loafers and flipflops.
- She chose a pair of jeans instead of a summery skirt, a T-shirt over a singlet top, and mules over sandals.
- Try a ballerina flat, or an open mule with a smartly shaped heel.
- I also don't think I can continue to wear my loafer mules for much longer.
- The problem with the walk across the beach is that it is a stone beach, not a speck of sand in sight, and I am wearing stiletto-heeled mules.
- Munro shoes also designed the Duet sandal, a sophisticated shoe, that is a hybrid of a mule and sandal.
- Right now, she's into mules, but I'll take any of her slingbacks and high-heeled sandals.
- She set down her bag and kicked off her tan suede mules as she walked back to her bedroom.
- These dolls express the ethos of their time, which has changed considerably in the 40 years since Barbie first wobbled out in her steep stiletto mules.
- Avoid skinny heels, even if they're low, and avoid mules or slingbacks until you're more comfortable.
- Instead, Rasband suggests finding a decent pair of microfiber or leather mules.
moccasin, house shoepump
Origin
Mid 16th century: from French, 'slipper'.
mule1
nounmjulmyo͞ol
1The offspring of a donkey and a horse (strictly, a male donkey and a female horse), typically sterile and used as a beast of burden.
骡，马骡。比较HINNY 1Compare with hinny- Instead we often get stuck riding a reliable mule up a rough trail.
- The world's first cloned mule was born on May 4, 2003.
- As hybrids, mules are almost always sterile.
- At the edge of her mind, she heard a mule braying loudly, in fear.
- But because mules are sterile, breeding new champions is difficult.
- Silene was waiting for me as I unloaded the mule and dragged the sacks of flour into the kitchen.
- Christopher grabbed a coffee cup out of the pack that the mule was carrying.
- It is like being kicked by a mule in the chest.
- A popular method is to have mules carry different gun parts to their destination.
- My mother dumped me like an old mule to be left for death.
- They hopped off their horses, not bothering to unload the mules.
- Now, scientists at the University of Idaho have successfully cloned a mule.
- The pack mules carrying the gold ore scattered in all directions, spilling ore over a wide area.
- Being the offspring of a male donkey and a mare, mules are sterile.
- To get up the hill, we had to ride these adorable mules.
- He entered the cocoa industry but after its decline started his own transport business with mule carts.
- The shock came yesterday, after one of the mules kicked another.
- The Israelites used various beasts of burden - mules, horses, camels and oxen.
- There was a farmer who wanted to get rid of this old mule.
- The mules were unloaded and swam across, following the bell mare.
ass- 1.1 A person compared to a mule, especially in being stubborn or obstinate.笨蛋；顽固的人
- I don't think Franzen is particularly gifted but he is a mule.
- We're two stubborn old mules who need to have their own way.
- And I especially loved the part where Trace told Callie he loved her; I almost cried, but not before thinking that Callie is such a mule for being so stubborn.
- An angry David Whitechapel was a stubborn mule, which refused to budge.
- 1.2informal A courier for illegal drugs.〈非正式〉毒品送货人
- ‘Am I unwittingly being used as a drugs mule by some major Colombian Mr Big?’
- In the drug world, mules are used to carry the product into countries without being detected.
- Drug mules, long agreed by all as the real carriers of weapons of mass destruction, routinely elude the army, security guards and high-tech scanners.
- The profits are enormous and there is no shortage of impoverished drugs mules prepared to swallow tiny packets of pure cocaine and smuggle them into Britain.
- Police said he had been contracting drug mules to swallow and smuggle cocaine into Europe.
- Lloyd, the manager, is now a drug mule.
- Dealers and runners and mules and nine-year-old lookouts would be off street corners, and out of the line of fire.
- A black poster at Kingston's airport is blunt: ‘Drug mules beware: It's a plane ticket to hell.’
- Maria, to bring money to her family and escape a stifling existence in her small Colombian town, risks becoming a mule for a drug ring.
- Police warned that she and other sniffer dogs would be regularly used to stop so-called human mules bringing down drugs from London to sell in Southampton and Portsmouth.
- At his trial, it was stated that he was tempted to act as a drugs mule to help feed his huge gambling habit.
- The film doesn't gloss over the violent nature of the drugs industry, but its sympathetic portrait of the mules is quietly provocative.
- I have come to the conclusion that my landlord moonlights as a mule for drug dealers.
- This is an indication that international drugs gangs are increasingly using mules to smuggle the narcotic into the country.
- Again, the harshest punishments often go to street dealers and mules who don't have much information about the drug world to give prosecutors in exchange for a lower sentence.
- The mules wrap the cocaine in condoms and swallow them.
- If it ever happens, it will just mean more greedy fools becoming mules and, again, add more cost to the overloaded Australian taxpayers to board, feed and entertain convicted drug runners in comfort.
- And so you can accept that becoming a drugs mule is the only career opportunity that might offer financial salvation.
- She found a quicker way to make money: being a drug mule.
- She could have been a heroin mule or a gun smuggler for all anyone knew.
contrabandist, runner, courier, bootlegger
2A hybrid plant or animal, especially a sterile one.
（尤指不育的）杂交动物；杂交植物- A total of 989 female ducks were studied over three generations, as well as 4025 purebred offspring and 4125 male mule offspring.
- Finch mules have always been more difficult to breed than the canaries or finches themselves, but some were less difficult than others.
- Some of the considerable biodiversity of corals may come from underwater versions of mules, say researchers.
- 2.1 Any of several standard crossbred varieties of sheep.杂种羊
- Special sale of mules, Greyface ewe lambs, on Saturday, September 11.
- Another local farmer, Neil Heseltine, from Malham, was awarded a prize for his local pair of mule gimmer lambs.
3A kind of spinning machine producing yarn on spindles, invented by Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) in 1779.
（1779年由塞缪尔·克朗普顿发明的）走锭纺纱机- When we look at it now we think of the great inventor Samuel Crompton, who grew up there and invented his spinning mule within its walls.
- The room in which the spinning mule was invented is still arranged as it may have looked in Samuel's time.
- Morris said: ‘It was interesting to note that we planted a fir tree, because Samuel Crompton's mule was made from the same wood.’
- They had a couple of spinning mules set up, either at home or in a rented room, or in a stall at one of the new mills.
- Other activities will include Victorian toys to play with and demonstrations of the mill's spinning mules, waterwheel and the power loom.
- Crompton's invention of the spinning mule in 1779 marked a major step forward in the Industrial Revolution.
- Within 30 years 120,000 people were working on spinning mules across the UK and it was estimated that 700,000 depended on them indirectly for their livelihood.
- After the invention of the hand-operated cotton mule spinning machine in the 1760's, that time dropped to 300 hours.
- His near contemporary, the shy and upright Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed Britain to corner the market in fine-spun cottons.
- On each set of mule spindles, a male adult ‘minder’ engaged two junior assistants or piecers.
- Past inventors have, of course, included Samuel Crompton of spinning mule fame.
- Items which belonged to Crompton can be seen in the Hall along with part of a replica spinning mule.
4A small tractor or locomotive, typically one that is electrically powered.
（尤指电动的）小型拖拉机；小型电动机车- The trolley pole is mounted on a cylindrical bearing member secured to the side of an electric mule or locomotive for pivotal movement about a vertical axis.
- Mules are very tough machines and are about the perfect size.
5A coin with the obverse and reverse of designs not originally intended to be used together.
（正、反两面的图案不相配的）错铸硬币- There are three recognised mule coins from the Republic of India.
- On Feb. 7 of that year, the Secret Service, after examining the mule, returned the coin to Baller, accompanied by a letter from Special Agent Richard M. McDrew.
Origin
Old English mūl, probably of Germanic origin, from Latin mulus, mula; reinforced in Middle English by Old French mule.
mule2
nounmjulmyo͞ol
A slipper or light shoe without a back.
拖鞋；拖鞋式轻便鞋- The problem with the walk across the beach is that it is a stone beach, not a speck of sand in sight, and I am wearing stiletto-heeled mules.
- Right now, she's into mules, but I'll take any of her slingbacks and high-heeled sandals.
- This spring, watch out for flat mules as a big trend.
- The pointy-toed trend is prevalent in practically every style from slingbacks and mules to flats, boots and everything in between.
- She chose a pair of jeans instead of a summery skirt, a T-shirt over a singlet top, and mules over sandals.
- These dolls express the ethos of their time, which has changed considerably in the 40 years since Barbie first wobbled out in her steep stiletto mules.
- Instead, Rasband suggests finding a decent pair of microfiber or leather mules.
- Try a ballerina flat, or an open mule with a smartly shaped heel.
- Soft or hard sole slippers, moccasins, slip-ons or mules - these are just a few of the appealing styles you can find.
- If you are looking for something more formal or trendy, go with mules, sleek leathers and simple designs and soles.
- Avoid shallow styles like most sandals and mules and don't go barefoot (neither of these options supports your foot).
- Avoid skinny heels, even if they're low, and avoid mules or slingbacks until you're more comfortable.
- She set down her bag and kicked off her tan suede mules as she walked back to her bedroom.
- I prefer to go barefoot, but I have trainers, high heeled mules, loafers and flipflops.
- Dress code: ‘Sporty geek chic’ for guys and ‘chichi, with mules and push-up bras’ for dolls.
- A bare foot is what grips your foot to the shoe and keeps the mules from being treacherous.
- Throwbacks to a swell fashion trend of yesteryear, they spice up any pair of shoes, from ballet flats to mules or slinky stilettos.
- Munro shoes also designed the Duet sandal, a sophisticated shoe, that is a hybrid of a mule and sandal.
- I also don't think I can continue to wear my loafer mules for much longer.
- And, unless you are adept at teetering in mules, wearing shoes without tights is uncomfortable, especially if you have to walk more than a few yards.
moccasin, house shoepump
Origin
Mid 16th century: from French, ‘slipper’.