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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   mule

   • IPA[myo͞ol]

   美式

   • n.
     the offspring of a donkey and a horse (strictly, a male donkey and a female horse), typically sterile and used as a beast of burden.；a person compared to a mule, especially in being stubborn or obstinate.

   • noun: mule, plural noun: mules

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the offspring of a donkey and a horse (strictly, a male donkey and a female horse), typically sterile and used as a beast of burden.
   • ▪ a person compared to a mule, especially in being stubborn or obstinate.
   • ▪ informal a courier for illegal drugs.
   • 2. a hybrid plant or animal, especially a sterile one.
   • ▪ any of several standard crossbred varieties of sheep.
   • 3. a kind of spinning machine producing yarn on spindles, invented by Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) in 1779.
   • 4. a small tractor or locomotive, typically one that is electrically powered.
   • 5. a coin with the obverse and reverse of designs not originally intended to be used together.