释义 |
hutch I. \ˈhəch\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English hucche, huche, from Old French huche 1. a. : a chest or compartment for storage : bin, locker b. : a low cupboard with doors usually surmounted by two open shelves 2. a. : a pen or coop for an animal : cage < provided a hutch for them in the garden — T.E.Donne > b. : a cageful of animals < kept … a hutch or two of hare — Joyce Warren > 3. : a cramped or flimsy shelter for a man : shack, shanty 4. a. : a car on low wheels in which coal is drawn and hoisted out of a mine pit b. (1) : the bottom compartment of an ore-dressing jig (2) : the mineral product that collects there II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) 1. archaic : to put away or store in a hutch : hoard 2. : to wash (ore) in a box or jig III. adjective Etymology: perhaps alteration of hulch obsolete : humped |