donkey
n
(pl ~s)
1 animal of the horse family, with short legs and long ears 驢.
2 stupid or stubborn person 愚蠢或固執(zhí)的人
He's an absolute donkey. 他是個(gè)十足的蠢驢.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) `donkey's years (Brit infml 口) a very long time 很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間; 很久; 猴年馬月
It's donkey's years since we've seen each other. 我們有年頭兒沒(méi)見(jiàn)面了.
The new motorway won't be ready for donkey's years. 要修好新高速公路, 那得等到猴年馬月了. talk the hind legs off a donkey => talk2.
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