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cloven-footed

/kloh-vuhn-hooft, -hooft/US // ˈkloʊ vənˈhʊft, -ˈhuft //

跛脚的,跛脚的人,跛足的,跛足

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
    • : devilish; Satanic.

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Examples

  • Nor could the print of human footsteps be seen, but only indentations left by innumerable tiny cloven feet.

  • The cloven foot is an evidence of a clean beast, and horns are attributed, pictorially at least, to Moses.

  • There is a much greater number of cloven-footed than whole-hoofed animals.

  • In fact real quadrupeds consist only of whole and cloven-footed animals.

  • Maruts on your strong-hoofed, never-wearying steeds go after those bright ones, which are still locked up.