| 单词 | haunch |
| 释义 | haunch (once / 2348 pages) n A haunch is the back end of an animal — its rump and rear leg. When you walk behind a horse, it's important to stay far enough away from its haunches that you won't get kicked. You can use the word haunch for the hind parts of a four-legged animal or for the hip and thigh of a person. When you squat like a catcher in baseball, you sit on your haunches, and a cow with an itchy backside might rub its haunch against a fence post. The word stems from hanche, which means "hip or thigh" in Old French, from a Germanic root. WORD FAMILYhaunch: haunches USAGE EXAMPLESIs it a man in a top hat? or a rabbit resting on its haunches? Salon(Dec 06, 2016) As Snowman takes the highest jumps, gathering his haunches, he extends himself until his body is almost vertical, as if he were climbing a mountain. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) He was sitting on his haunches and sampling from a crate of figs. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) 1n the loin and leg of a quadruped Hyper croup, croupe, hindquarters, rump the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks 2n the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings Hyper body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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