| 词汇 | haunch |
| 释义 | haunchAnimals, Food haunch /hɔːntʃ $ hɒːntʃ/ noun [countableC] 1 haunches [plural]HBHBODY the part of your body that includes your bottom, your hips, and the tops of your legs 〔人的〕臀胯部 on your haunches They squatted on their haunches playing dice. 他们蹲着玩掷骰子。 Examples from the Corpus on your haunches• When he was full he leaned back on his haunches and looked at the mess of blood and flesh.• Others crouched on their haunches and kicked out their back legs behind them, like men carrying out a complex fitness programme.• To talk, they often got down on their haunches and hunkered.• Sinnett rose on his haunches and craned his neck from the other side.• Sure enough, she was still there, sitting on her haunches eyeing me thoughtfully.• Finally he broke away and went and squatted on his haunches by the stream.• Shukla was sitting there on his haunches when Gandhi arrived and waited till he was free. 2. HBADFone of the back legs of a four-legged animal, especially when it is used as meat 〔四腿动物的〕一条后腿；〔尤指供食用的〕后腿，后腿肉 Examples from the Corpus haunch• Sure enough, she was still there, sitting on her haunches eyeing me thoughtfully.• Sinnett rose on his haunches and craned his neck from the other side.• Finally he broke away and went and squatted on his haunches by the stream.• Tuthanach slingshot whizzed and whirred, and two of the horsemen fell back over the mounts' haunches.• Its front paws were folded back beneath its body and its back paws disappeared beneath its round rear haunches.• To talk, they often got down on their haunches and hunkered.• They have the charming habit of sitting up on their haunches and basking in the early morning sun. (1100-1200) French hanche |
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