harness a draft animal
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to harness a draft animal (to a cart); to put the harness on a beast of burden
Specifically refers to the action of fitting the harness onto animals such as horses, oxen, or donkeys and attaching them to a cart or carriage.
Nóng农
mín民
zhèng正
zài在
gěi给
mǎ马
tào套
chē车
。
The farmer is harnessing the horse to the cart.
Tào套
hǎo好
chē车
hòu后
，
wǒ我
men们
jiù就
chū出
fā发
le了
。
After hitching up the cart, we set off.
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Tā他
huā花
le了
shí十
fēn分
zhōng钟
cái才
bǎ把
nà那
tóu头
niú牛
tào套
shàng上
chē车
。
It took him ten minutes to harness that ox to the cart.