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hog-backed

/hawg-bakt, hog-/US // ˈhɔgˌbækt, ˈhɒg- //

猪八戒背媳妇,猪八戒倒立,猪头人,猪八戒网

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.

Examples

  • Traffic up ahead on Myrtle backed up, and Johnson began weaving in and out.

  • These are the kids of the U.S.-backed Pakistani army and they should stop their parents from bombing our families and children.

  • And make no mistake; they were backed up by sincere religious beliefs.

  • Reid planted a flag, ready to make his mark in the world of whisky, backed by ambition and a gorgeous piece of land.

  • He wrote that he deserved to die and alluded to a ominous plan that he had backed out of twice already.

  • One evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.

  • The boy backed away from him, and stood a little distance off, holding out a nice, juicy potato this time.

  • His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"

  • I turned away from the bank and raced up a long slope to a saw-backed ridge that promised largely of unobstructed view.

  • The hump-backed little figure with poke-bonnet and cane was chased out upon the broken landing.