Cloven
['kləʊv(ə)n] or ['klovən'fʊtɪd]
解释:
(-) of Cleave
(p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t.
阿琳整理
解释:
p.adj. split: divided.—adjs. Clov′en-foot′ed Clov′en-hoofed having the hoof divided as the ox or sheep.—The cloven hoof applied to any indication of devilish agency or temptation from the early representation of the devil with cloven hoofs—prob. from Pan some of whose characteristics he shares.
手打:米米
例句:
- They are for the use of horses, but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Have the cloven tongues come down again? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- This very sword has cloven hundreds of Saracen Knights from crown to chin in those old times when Godfrey wielded it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
手打:米米