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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

haunches

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

臀部,腰部,哈腰,腿部

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
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

  • “He was so quick, he could get around you before you got off your haunches,” says one former teammate.

  • Face red, eyes bulging to the ceiling, she lifted the bar from its stand and then lowered herself onto her haunches.

  • Pulling the horse on his haunches, and swinging him round at the same moment as if on a pivot, he made a bound to the left.

  • Old Captain sat up on his haunches, his slantwise eyes wide open with wonder.

  • "Stop, my young friend," said Crafty, sitting bolt upright on his haunches.

  • But Frederick seized the horse by the bridle, and with a violent jerk forced the animal back upon its haunches.

  • Charley's horse fell back upon his haunches;—there was giant might in the hand that reined him;—an inch nearer, and she was lost!

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