单词 | horseshoe |
释义 | horseshoe (once / 3242 pages) nv When you think of a horseshoe, don't picture a shoe with a sole and laces! Instead, a horseshoe is an arc-shaped piece of metal that gets nailed into the horse's hoof. Ever since humans started using horses for riding, pulling carts, and working on farms, they've found ways to guard their hooves against wear and injury. Horseshoes can be nailed onto the thick, fingernail-like hoof, or glued on. Some people consider horseshoes to be lucky symbols as well, while others enjoy the game called horseshoes, which involves throwing large horseshoes toward a metal stake in the ground. WORD FAMILYhorseshoe: horseshoes USAGE EXAMPLESIn addition, 30 steelhead weighing 6 to 10 pounds apiece each were released into Horseshoe Lake in Woodland last week. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) He’s kind of a lucky horseshoe a little bit. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) And Horseshoe Bend, barely tested at the substantial capacity needed, isn’t the answer as currently configured. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof Syn|Hyper shoe plate, scale, shell a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) 2n game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes Hyper game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game 3v equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes Hyper equip, fit, fit out, outfit provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
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