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crow's-foot

/krohz-foot/US // ˈkroʊzˌfʊt //

乌鸦嘴,鱼尾纹,啼笑皆非,啼哭声

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural crow's-feet.

    • : Usually crow's-feet. any of the tiny wrinkles at the outer corners of the eyes resulting from age or constant squinting.
    • : Aeronautics. an arrangement of ropes in which one main rope exerts pull at several points simultaneously through a group of smaller ropes, as in balloon or airship rigging.
    • : a three-pointed embroidered design used as a finish, as at the end of a seam or opening.
    • : crowfoot.

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Examples

  • Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.

  • In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.

  • “A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.

  • “Personal hotspots can get speeds of up to 60 Mb/s down, whereas hotel Wi-Fi can be as slow as 1.5 Mb/s,” Sesar said.

  • Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!

  • Not much use as the high crests hid the intervening hinterland from view, even from the crow's nests.

  • We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.

  • We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.