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haunch

/hawnch, hahnch/US // hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ //UK // (hɔːntʃ) //

驼峰,驼背,驼铃,蹒跚而行

Related Words

hip臀部,髋关节,髋部,髋骨buttocks臀部,屁股,髋关节,髋部thigh大腿,大腿部,腿部,臀部leg腿部,腿,脚,肢体posterior后方,后部,后期,后面的rump剩余部分,剩余的,残暴,残余buns包子,面包,馒头,包包子loin腰肉,腰部,腰带,腰子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the hip.
    • : the fleshy part of the body about the hip.
    • : a hindquarter of an animal.
    • : the leg and loin of an animal, used for food.
    • : Architecture. either side of an arch, extending from the vertex or crown to the impost.the part of a beam projecting below a floor or roof slab.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounupper legs
Forms: haunches
Synonyms
buttocks臀部,屁股,髋关节,髋部hip臀部,髋关节,髋部,髋骨leg腿部,腿,脚,肢体loin腰肉,腰部,腰带,腰子posterior后方,后部,后期,后面的rump剩余部分,剩余的,残暴,残余thigh大腿,大腿部,腿部,臀部

Examples

  • This chair by British designer Thomas Heatherwick is now on view in his show at Haunch of Venison gallery in New York.

  • The haunch of buck will take about three hours and three quarters roasting.

  • I have sent a noble haunch of venison this afternoon to Mrs. Vanhomrigh; I wish you had it sirrahs.

  • It appeared to me there was a haunch of venison hanging over the stern when we came on board?

  • Without one or other of these contrivances, no one should presume to give a haunch of venison to his friends.

  • Before it is sent to table, the cook should pour over the haunch one wine-glassful of hot port wine.

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