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hindquarters

/hahynd-kwawr-ter, -kwaw-/US // ˈhaɪndˌkwɔr tər, -ˌkwɔ- //UK // (ˈhaɪndˌkwɔːtə) //

臀部,后部,后肢,后躯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
    • : hindquarters, the rear part of an animal.

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Examples

  • We soon found it too heavy to carry that way, so skinned it and hung up the foreparts and took the skin and hindquarters.

  • He stooped to examine the dead wolf, catching it by the tail and hoisting its hindquarters off the ground.

  • At this great oath the horse stood up on his fore-feet, and sat like a dog on his hindquarters.

  • He strained on the traces, exposing to them only his hindquarters, running well ahead, and keeping his throat safe.

  • But to-day he caught the edge of it, and he knew why Gray Wolf's ears flattened, and her hindquarters drooped.