jenny 音标拼音: [dʒ'ɛni]
n . 移动式起重机;纺织机;雌驴等
移动式起重机;纺织机;雌驴等
Jenny n 1 :
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (
1832 -
1907 ) [
synonym :
{
Jenny }, {
William Le Baron Jenny }]
2 :
female donkey [
synonym : {
jennet }, {
jenny }, {
jenny ass }]
Jenny \
Jen "
ny \,
n .;
pl . {
Jennies }.
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane .
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2 . (
Zool .)
A familiar name of the European wren .
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{
Jenny ass } (
Zool .),
a female ass ;
also ,
a female of certain other animals .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
Jenny \
Jen "
ny \,
n . [
A corruption of gin an engine ;
influenced by Jenny ,
the proper name .
See {
Gin }
an engine ,
and cf .
{
Ginny -
carriage }.]
A machine for spinning a number of threads at once , --
used in factories .
Also called {
spinning jenny }.
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1913 Webster ]
Mule \
Mule \ (
m [=
u ]
l ),
n . [
F .,
a she -
mule ,
L .
mula ,
fem .
of mulus ;
cf .
Gr .
my `
klos ,
mychlo `
s .
Cf .
AS .
m [=
u ]
l ,
fr .
L .
mulus .
Cf . {
Mulatto }.]
1 . (
Zool .)
A hybrid animal ;
specifically ,
one generated between an ass and a mare .
Sometimes the term is applied to the offspring of a horse and a she -
ass ,
but that hybrid is more properly termed a {
hinny }.
See {
Hinny }.
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Mules are much used as draught animals .
They are hardy ,
and proverbial for stubbornness .
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2 . (
Bot .)
A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another ; --
called also {
hybrid }.
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3 .
A very stubborn person .
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4 .
A machine ,
used in factories ,
for spinning cotton ,
wool ,
etc .,
into yarn or thread and winding it into cops ; --
called also {
jenny }
and {
mule -
jenny }.
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
A slipper that has no fitting around the heel .
Syn :
mules ,
scuff ,
scuffs .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
{
Mule armadillo } (
Zool .),
a long -
eared armadillo (
Tatusia hybrida ),
native of Buenos Ayres ; --
called also {
mulita }.
See Illust .
under {
Armadillo }.
{
Mule deer } (
Zool .),
a large deer ({
Cervus macrotis }
syn .
{
Cariacus macrotis })
of the Western United States .
The name refers to its long ears .
{
Mule pulley } (
Mach .),
an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel .
{
Mule twist },
cotton yarn in cops ,
as spun on a mule ; --
in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame .
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "
jenny ":
Partlet ,
Rocky Mountain canary ,
ass ,
biddy ,
bitch ,
bossy ,
brood mare ,
burro ,
cow ,
cuddy ,
dickey ,
doe ,
donkey ,
ewe ,
ewe lamb ,
filly ,
guinea hen ,
gyp ,
heifer ,
hen ,
hind ,
jack ,
jackass ,
jennet ,
jenny ass ,
lioness ,
mare ,
mule ,
nanny ,
nanny goat ,
neddy ,
peahen ,
roe ,
she -
bear ,
she -
goat ,
she -
lion ,
silkworm ,
slut ,
sow ,
spider ,
spinner ,
spinning frame ,
spinning jenny ,
spinster ,
throstle ,
tigress ,
vixen
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