Hoof
[huːf] or [huf]
解釋/意思:
(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.
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解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- 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. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- At length, Charley Bates expressed his opinion that it was time to pad the hoof. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- But you _are_ under my hoof, for all that, said he, turning upon her, with a savage grin; that's one comfort. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The hoof was like that when we took her, Pablo said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- 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. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- 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. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- No sun shall ever usher forth mine honours, Or gild again the noble hoofs that waited Upon my smiles. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- 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·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- 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. 雪麗.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
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