| 单词 | haunch |
| 释义 | Related topics: Animals, Foodhaunch /hɔːntʃ $ hɒːntʃ/ noun [countable] 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。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 →4 See picture of 见图 BIG CATExamples from the Corpushaunch• 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.Origin haunch (1100-1200) French hanchehaunch nounChinese includes part your your of the body that Corpus |
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