cloven-hoofed
/kloh-vuhn-hooft, -hooft/US // ˈkloʊ vənˈhʊft, -ˈhuft //
蹄形的,蹄子的,蹄铁,蹄形
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- : devilish; Satanic.
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.
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