jenny
['dʒɛnɪ]
n. , 移动吊, 母驴



jenny
[ noun ]

1. United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)

<noun.person>

2. female donkey

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Jenny \Jen"ny\, n.; pl. {Jennies}.
1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A familiar name of the European wren.

{Jenny ass} (Zo["o]l.), a female ass; also, a female of
certain other animals.
[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}.


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. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.

Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
and proverbial for stubbornness.

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}.

3. A very stubborn person.

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}.

5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.

Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
[WordNet 1.5]

{Mule armadillo} (Zo["o]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also {mulita}.
See Illust. under {Armadillo}.

{Mule deer} (Zo["o]l.), 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.