Hoof
[huːf] or [huf]
解释:
(noun.) the foot of an ungulate mammal.
(noun.) the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals.
(verb.) dance in a professional capacity.
录入:纳丁--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
(n.) A hoofed animal; a beast.
(n.) See Ungula.
(v. i.) To walk as cattle.
(v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot.
赫克托整理
解释:
n. the horny substance on the feet of certain animals as horses &c.: a hoofed animal:—pl. Hoofs Hooves.—v.i. (of a hoofed animal) to walk.—adjs. Hoof′-bound having a contraction of the hoof causing lameness; Hoofed; Hoof′less without hoofs —n. Hoof-mark the mark of an animal's hoof on the ground &c.—adj. Hoof′-shaped.—Cloven hoof (see Cloven).
昌西整理
例句:
- The hoof is split and although it might not get worse soon if shod properly, she could break down if she travels over much hard ground. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- At length, Charley Bates expressed his opinion that it was time to pad the hoof. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- But you _are_ under my hoof, for all that, said he, turning upon her, with a savage grin; that's one comfort. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The hoof was like that when we took her, Pablo said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He rode out of the forest onto the yellow road that led into La Granja and the horses' hooves raised a dust that hung over them as they rode. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- No sun shall ever usher forth mine honours, Or gild again the noble hoofs that waited Upon my smiles. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- The imitation of the action of horses' hoofs was one of the means attempted, but such additional aids were eventually found to be of no avail, and were discontinued. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The big wagons were coming on; the dray-horses' huge hoofs were heard splashing in the mud and water. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Amid the droning of the wind there had come the stamping of a horse's hoofs, and the long grind of a wheel as it rasped against the curb. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
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