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hoof

/hoof, hoof/US // hʊf, huf //UK // (huːf) //

蹄子,牛蹄,蹄铁,蹄部

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hoofs or hooves [hoovz, hoovz] /hʊvz, huvz/ for 1, 2, 4; hoof for 3.

    • : the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
    • : the entire foot of a horse, donkey, etc.
    • : Older Use. a hoofed animal, especially one of a herd.
    • : Informal. the human foot.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Slang. to walk: Let's hoof it to the supermarket.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Slang. to dance, especially to tap-dance: He's been hoofing at the Palladium.

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Examples

  • Digging its hooves into the ground, the beast came to a halt just before it would have gored the man.

  • The species produces fist-sized polypore fruit bodies, which are shaped like a horse’s hoof.

  • Dead, dry pieces of this fire fungus can be used in the same ways as horse hoof fungus, and they also make a nice long match.

  • One runner in Houston now has a permanent, hoof-shaped scar in the center of his forehead.

  • Another case involved a horse working with an infected hoof.

  • What about the elevators—will I have to hoof it up nine flights to get home?

  • By horseback and hoof, Twain takes us from the Mormon Theocracy of Utah to the wide-open craziness in the Sierra mining fields.

  • Instead of worrying about taking a cow hoof to the crotch, perhaps Williams should just “relax and enjoy it.”

  • For instance, the guy that was kicked by a mule, he had a hoof mark on his head and his mule had a bloody hoof.

  • Black Hoof was there with a large force, but he could not tarry without leaving the Scioto towns uncovered.

  • Black Hoof with a lightning gesture raised his ax and struck Dale with the flat of it, sending him crashing to the ground.

  • By daylight I perceived by the signs that the greater number of the band had gone ahead, probably under the lead of Black Hoof.

  • While they were thus mocking me Black Hoof appeared, moving with great dignity, and dispersing my tormentors with a gesture.