Withers
['wɪðəz] or ['wɪðɚz]
解释:
(noun.) the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals.
爱德温录入--From WordNet
解释:
(prep.) The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.
康妮手打
解释:
n.pl. the ridge between the shoulder-bones of a horse and behind the root of the neck.—adj. With′er-wrung injured in the withers.
录入:山姆
例句:
- The tender plant is produced; but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The big gray was sweating and shivering a little and Robert Jordan patted him on the withers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Riding close to him I reached down from the saddle, and grasping his cartridge belt drew him up across the withers of my mount. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Everything withers in the bud. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- And it withers my consciousness, somehow, it burns the pith of my mind. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Sent to a schoolmaster, refuses to tell his letters, and the schoolmaster going to whip him, his hand withers. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
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