We had plenty of company in the way of wagon-loads and mule -loads of tourists---and dust.

跟我们作旅伴的还真不少,有乘马车的,有骑骡子的,还有滚滚的尘土呢。

属类：学习英语-修辞篇-幽默句

She felt a sudden pang of envy. How lucky the girls nowadays were! She had been sold to the Yang family as a childbride and had worked there like a mule for thirty years. But Shuzhen’s generation had been born at a happier time.

她突然感到一件忌羡的情绪。如今的姑娘们多幸运!她自己卖给杨家作童养媳,像牛马一样累了三十年。但淑贞一辈子却是在幸福的年代出世的……

属类：学习英语-语法例句-

She felt a sudden pang of envy. How lucky the girls nowadays were! She had been sold to the Yang family as a child bride and had worked there like a mule for thirty years. But Shuzhen’s generation had been born at a happier time . . .

她突然感到一阵忌羡的情绪。如今的姑娘们多幸运!她自己卖给杨家作童养媳,像牛马一样累了三十年。但淑贞一辈却是在幸福的年代出世的。……

属类：学习英语-语法例句-

My father is as stubborn as a mule .

我父亲非常顽固。

属类：学习英语-成语例句-

Anothor old expression that comes from Englamd is to kick ovor the traces, meaning to resist the commamds of one’s parents, or to oppose or reject authority. Traces wore the chains that held a horse or mule to a wagon or plow. Sometimes, an animal rebelled amd kicked ovor the traces.

另一个源自英国得短语kick ovor the traces（挣脱羁绊，反抗），意思是反抗父母得命令，或抵抗拒绝权利。trace缰绳是把马或骡子拴在马车或犁上得链子，有时，动物反抗就会挣脱缰绳。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：Kick相关词汇

Anothor old expression that comes from Englamd is to kick ovor the traces, meaning to resist the commamds of one's parents, or to oppose or reject authority. Traces wore the chains that held a horse or mule to a wagon or plow. Sometimes, an animal rebelled amd kicked ovor the traces.

另一个源自英国得短语kick ovor the traces（挣脱羁绊，反抗），意思是反抗父母得命令，或抵抗拒绝权利。trace缰绳是把马或骡子拴在马车或犁上得链子，有时，动物反抗就会挣脱缰绳。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：Kick得相关词汇