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horseshoe

/hawrs-shoo, hawrsh-/US // ˈhɔrsˌʃu, ˈhɔrʃ- //UK // (ˈhɔːsˌʃuː) //

马蹄铁,马蹄,马蹄形,马蹄形的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a U-shaped metal plate, plain or with calks, nailed to a horse's hoof to protect it from being injured by hard or rough surfaces.
    • : something U-shaped, as a valley, river bend, or other natural feature: We picnicked in the middle of a horseshoe of trees.
    • : horseshoes, a game in which horseshoes or other U-shaped pieces of metal, plastic, etc., are tossed at an iron stake 30 or 40 feet away in order to encircle it or to come closer to it than one's opponent.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    horse·shoed, horse·shoe·ing.

    • : to put a horseshoe or horseshoes on.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the shape of a horseshoe; U-shaped: a horseshoe bend in the river.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incurve
Synonyms
arc弧线,弧形,弧度,电弧arch拱门,拱形,拱桥,拱形的contour轮廓线,轮廓,轮廓图,等高线loop循环,环路,圈子,襻trajectory轨迹,弹道,轨迹图,径迹ambit氛围,氛围的影响bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯bight海岸线,海岸边,海岸,海岸边的bow鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身camber弯曲度,弯曲度大,驼背,驼峰catenary纵贯线,脉络,全长,脉络图chord和弦,和音,和声,弦乐circle循环,圈子,圆圈,圆circuit电路,回路,回环,回回路路circumference周长,圆周率,周率,方圆compass指南针,罗盘,指北针,罗经concavity凹凸不平,凹性,凹陷,凹面crook骗子,诈骗,诈骗犯,骗人curlicue卷曲,弯曲,曲线,弯曲的curvature曲率,弧度,弯曲度,弯曲程度ellipse椭圆,椭圆形,椭圆体,椭圆度festoon花环,花旗,花灯,花彩flexure弯曲,弯曲度,屈曲,挠性hairpin发卡,发夹,发簪,钗half-moon半月,半月形,半月球,半月型helix螺旋线,螺旋,螺旋体,螺旋形hyperbola双曲线,双曲,双曲线图,双线incurvation招致,招致的后果,招致死亡,招致损失incurvature弯曲度,不孕症,弯曲,不成熟meniscus半月板,脑膜,半身板ogee楔子,楔形,楔形物,楔形的parabola抛物线quirk诡异,诡计多端,诡辩,诡秘round围绕,圆形的,围绕着,绕过sinuosity卷曲性,蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒性,蜿蜒度sweep扫荡,扫除,清扫,打扫swerve转向,转身,转移,转动turn变成,转弯,变成了,转变vault拱顶,穹顶,拱门,金库whorl漩涡,漩涡状,涡旋,涡流curvation治愈,振奋人心,治疗,振作rondure润华,润泽,润泽度,润华公司

Examples

  • Smaller celts were fashioned from pieces of swords, horseshoes, and even metal barrel hoops.

  • Then they overlaid that data with the habitat of horseshoe bats in Asia and Europe.

  • By combining data on horseshoe bat habitats, land-use change, human population density, and other factors known to increase the risk of spillover, the researchers produced a map of “hot spots” in Asia and Europe where the risk is highest.

  • First, they discovered that SARS-like viruses make their natural home in horseshoe bats.

  • While camped at the water’s edge of West Chickenbone Lake, a horseshoe-shaped inland tarn, I heard a splash.

  • An after-party was held at the Diamond Horseshoe nightclub at the Paramount Hotel on West 46th Street.

  • The dancers are spread along the thrust stage that bisects the restored, re-glammed swing-era supper club, The Diamond Horseshoe.

  • He had a scraggly beard and his once clean-shaven head was ringed by a horseshoe of graying hair.

  • Basketball, foosball, bocce ball—there's even a horseshoe pit.

  • On three sides the surrounding ground rose steeply, forming an irregular horseshoe mound that opened to the west.

  • Up and up went the trail, twisting back and forth in long horseshoe curves.

  • It is vaulted in stone, and the plain horseshoe arches at the end without any ribs (see illustration), are worthy of notice.

  • My uncle John was the third man who scaled the walls at the battle of the Horseshoe.

  • In a scarf of brilliant and gaudy tint he wore a large pin in the form of a horseshoe, with imitation brilliants in it.