saddle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sad·dle [saddle saddles saddled saddling] noun, verb BrE [ˈsædl] NAmE [ˈsædl]
noun
1. a leather seat for a rider on a horse
•She swung herself into the saddle.
2. a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle
3. a piece of meat from the back of an animal
•a saddle of lamb

Word Origin:
Old English sadol, sadul, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zadel and German Sattel, perhaps from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sella ‘seat’ and ↑sit.
Idiom: ↑in the saddle
Derived: ↑saddle somebody with something ▪ ↑saddle something up ▪ ↑saddle up
 
verb ~ sth
to put a ↑saddle on a horse
•Their horses were saddled and waiting.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English sadol, sadul, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zadel and German Sattel, perhaps from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sella ‘seat’ and ↑sit.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bicycle seat, saddleback, charge, burden
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  unsaddle, offsaddle