Paw
[pɔː] or [pɔ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped.
(verb.) touch clumsily; 'The man tried to paw her'.
(verb.) scrape with the paws; 'The bear pawed the door'.
校對:齐利格--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
(n.) The hand.
(v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
(v. t.) To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
(v. t.) To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
整理:米歇尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. 1, Foot (of beasts with claws).[2]. Hand (in contempt)."
校對:卡特里娜
解釋/意思:
n. the foot of a beast of prey having claws: the hand used in contempt.—v.i. to draw the forefoot along the ground like a horse.—v.t. to scrape with the forefoot: to handle with the paws: to handle roughly: to flatter.—adj. Pawed having paws: broad-footed.
丹尼尔編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- The courser paw'd the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam'd and champ'd the golden bit. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Yet the hand of a man is like the paw of a bear. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- You can't nail his paw to the church, Robert Jordan said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Your slender paw might bring us all out. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Gudrun quivered at the sight of the wrapped up paw. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The cat reached forward again and put his fine white paw on the edge of the saucer. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- And so the Winged Lion of St. Mark, with the open Bible under his paw, is a favorite emblem in the grand old city. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He planted his two paws on the edge of the table and bent his gracious young head to drink. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She would sit up there, with her paws curved under her breast, and sleep in the sun half the afternoon. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Then he heaved a sigh and dropped his head resignedly upon his paws. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Her stealthy paws tread the very hall Where Snowball used to play, But she only spits at the dogs our pet So gallantly drove away. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She convoyed Donne past his dread enemy Tartar, who, with his nose on his fore paws, lay snoring under the meridian sun. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She could hear the great padded paws upon the ground outside. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Captain Crawley of the Life Guards rode up from Knightsbridge Barracks the next day; his black charger pawed the straw before his invalid aunt's door. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Then the squirrel crossed to another tree, moving on the ground in long, small-pawed, tail-exaggerated bounds. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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