outspan
outspan
(S. African)
(-spanned, -spanning)
(S. African)
(-spanned, -spanning)
- [with obj.]unharness (an animal) from a wagon
(南非)给（牲畜）卸轭
the wagons were drawn up beside the road and the oxen outspanned.
车都拉到了路边，牛也都卸了轭。
[no obj.]they outspanned at the hotel.
他们在旅店给拉车的牲畜卸了轭。
■[no obj.]rest or camp at the side of the road while travelling by wagon
（乘牛车或马车旅行途中）在路边休息（或宿营）
we used to outspan for five or six hours in the heat of the day.
我们过去常在一天最热的时候在路边休息五六个小时。
- a place for grazing or camping on a wagon journey
（坐牛车或马车旅行途中的）卸轭之地
- early 19th cent.: from Dutch uitspannen 'unyoke'
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