hitching post 是什么意思

a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying

	1.	I have given up using them on weekdays because i was spending more time looking for a hitching post than freewheeling downhill to work 我已经不愿意在周末去用它们，因为得花大量的时间去找一个单车泊位。
	2.	Through the rue de la monnaie the wind rushed like white hair streaming wild : it whirled around the white hitching posts which obstructed the free passage of omnibuses and twenty mule teams 它绕着白色拴马桩回旋，这些桩子挡住了公共汽车和二十匹骡子拉的马车的通道。
	3.	Whether you ' re sitting or standing , indoors or out , leaning against a hitching post or with your brogans on a desk , a newspaper gives you a whole rich vocabulary of gesture 不管你是坐着还是站着，在屋里还是在外头，背靠一根柱子还是穿着大皮鞋俩脚往桌子上那么一搭，一份报纸都能让你表现出丰富多彩的肢体语言。

hitching post是什么意思