英语词汇“caltrop”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cal·trop

(kăltrəp, kôl-)

1. See water chestnut.

2. Any of various plants bearing small spiny fruits, especially of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia.

3. A metal device with four projecting spikes so arranged that when three of the spikes are on the ground, the fourth points upward, used as a hazard to pneumatic tires or to the hooves of horses.

[Middle English calketrappe, from Norman French and from Old English calcatrippe, thistle, both from Medieval Latin calcatrippa, thistle : possibly from Latin calcāre, to tread on; see CALQUE + trappa, trap (of Germanic origin).]

单词	caltrop
释义	cal·trop (kăltrəp, kôl-) n. 1. See water chestnut. 2. Any of various plants bearing small spiny fruits, especially of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia. 3. A metal device with four projecting spikes so arranged that when three of the spikes are on the ground, the fourth points upward, used as a hazard to pneumatic tires or to the hooves of horses. [Middle English calketrappe, from Norman French and from Old English calcatrippe, thistle, both from Medieval Latin calcatrippa, thistle : possibly from Latin calcāre, to tread on; see CALQUE + trappa, trap (of Germanic origin).]
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