| 释义 |
hoofed, a. and ppl. a.|huːft, ˈhuːfɪd|
Also hooved |huːvd|.
[f. hoof n. and v. + -ed.]
1. Having hoofs; ungulate; often in comb., as broad-hoofed, flat-hoofed, solid-hoofed.
1513Douglas æneis vii. xiii. 179 From the tempil of Diane euermo Thir horny hovit horssis bene debarrit. 1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie, Lacies Nobil. 24 A deere and all hooued thinges of that nature. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 225 Greece therefore yeeldeth choice Horses, and well hoofed. 1663Butler Hud. i. i. 435 Cæsar's Horse..Was not by half so tender-hooft. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) I. 8 Most of the hoofed quadrupeds are domestic. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. viii. iv. §16. 346 Quadrupeds he was the first to divide into ungulate and unguiculate, hoofed and clawed. 1883E. Arnold Pearls Faith 64 Hooved like a mule he was.
2. Beaten with hoofs.
1860Dobell in Macm. Mag. Aug. 327 Peace..From hoofed and trampled sod She leaps transfigured to a god.
3. dial. Callous or horny like a hoof.
1828Craven Dial., Hooved, callous, horny, as the hands of labouring people,..made hard or horny, like a hoof. |