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单词 bow legs
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Definition of bow legs in English:

bow legs

plural nounbəʊ ˈlɛɡzˈboʊ ˌlɛɡz
  • Legs that curve outwards at the knee; bandy legs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you have bow-legs or knock knees high impact exercise can cause joint pain.
    • Look at old man Tolepi the former farmhand, with his thin bow legs.
    • He was short, with bow legs and the strongest back I ever saw on a man his size.
    • He said he remembered his father, who died in 1969, had walked with bow legs.
    • A shortage leads to aches and pains in children but if untreated can go on to cause serious bone weakness including the bow legs characteristic of rickets.
    • This could be due to joint deformities like bow legs and knock knees, which produce a misalignment and overload on one half of the joint.
    • You need the operation if your knee is very stiff, unstable, or is severely deformed (knock knees, bow legs, rheumatoid arthritis, or hemophilia deformity).
    • This disease is characterized by bone deformities (such as bow legs, pigeon breast, and knobby bone growths on the ribs where they join the breastbone) and tooth abnormalities.
    • Rickets can result in stunted growth, delays in motor development and bow legs in children.
    • With bow legs and long wickedly curved claws they actually make a very powerful package.
    • These children have conditions such as club feet (where they walk on the sides of their ankles), angular deformities (such as bow legs of more than 90°), and osteomyelitis (where infection has destroyed whole sections of their bones).
    • Inadequate bone formation leads to bending in weight-bearing bones, giving rise to bow legs and knock knees.
    • He has bow legs and a fast mouth and little if any concern for his physical well-being.
    • In older children, bow legs can be caused by many different problems.
    • Other babies seem to be born with a tendency to bow legs and toeing in.

Derivatives

  • bow-legged

  • adjective ˌbəʊˈlɛɡɪdˈboʊˌlɛɡ(ə)d
    • Having legs that curve outwards at the knee.

      being stricken with rickets as a child accounted for her bow-legged gait
      Example sentencesExamples
      • a bow-legged cowboy swagger
      • Whether it be verbal brickbats or rogue footballs, Rivaldo is always getting knocked down, though the lanky, bow-legged Brazilian enigma is well capable of hauling himself up.
      • Anyone who has witnessed the sorry sight of bent, bow-legged youngsters staggering to school with bags the size of bathtubs on their backs will know what I mean.
      • Do I even need to mention the guy was bow-legged?
 
 

Definition of bow legs in US English:

bow legs

plural nounˈbō ˌleɡzˈboʊ ˌlɛɡz
  • Legs that curve outward at the knee; bandy legs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you have bow-legs or knock knees high impact exercise can cause joint pain.
    • Look at old man Tolepi the former farmhand, with his thin bow legs.
    • This disease is characterized by bone deformities (such as bow legs, pigeon breast, and knobby bone growths on the ribs where they join the breastbone) and tooth abnormalities.
    • These children have conditions such as club feet (where they walk on the sides of their ankles), angular deformities (such as bow legs of more than 90°), and osteomyelitis (where infection has destroyed whole sections of their bones).
    • He said he remembered his father, who died in 1969, had walked with bow legs.
    • He has bow legs and a fast mouth and little if any concern for his physical well-being.
    • With bow legs and long wickedly curved claws they actually make a very powerful package.
    • A shortage leads to aches and pains in children but if untreated can go on to cause serious bone weakness including the bow legs characteristic of rickets.
    • Other babies seem to be born with a tendency to bow legs and toeing in.
    • This could be due to joint deformities like bow legs and knock knees, which produce a misalignment and overload on one half of the joint.
    • You need the operation if your knee is very stiff, unstable, or is severely deformed (knock knees, bow legs, rheumatoid arthritis, or hemophilia deformity).
    • He was short, with bow legs and the strongest back I ever saw on a man his size.
    • Rickets can result in stunted growth, delays in motor development and bow legs in children.
    • In older children, bow legs can be caused by many different problems.
    • Inadequate bone formation leads to bending in weight-bearing bones, giving rise to bow legs and knock knees.
 
 
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