单词 | claw-foot |
释义 | > as lemmasclaw-foot claw-foot n. (a) a piece of furniture with feet shaped to resemble claws; also attributive; (b) a disease causing distortion of the foot; a foot thus affected. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of extremities > of the foot foot evil1562 buniona1718 onion1785 Madura foot1855 fallen arch1858 claw-foot1862 foot-drop1886 tarsalgia1890 Morton's metatarsalgia1891 fallen instep1904 Madura disease1904 trench foot1915 maduromycosis1916 drop-foot1921 immersion foot1941 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > parts of furniture generally > foot claw-foot1862 spade-foot1891 Spanish foot1902 bun foot1904 pad foot1905 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers iii. ii. 108 But the old chist wun't sarve her gran'son's wife... An' so ole clawfoot, from the precinks dread O' the spare chamber, slinks into the shed. 1881 Harper's Mag. Mar. 528/1 About 1700 the claw-foot side-boards, sofas and tables were generally used. 1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 162/2 Claw-foot, atrophy and distortion of the foot. 1920 Glasgow Herald 8 July 4 Foot-drop, corns and contracted toes, claw-foot. 1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 45 The claw-foot table. < as lemmas |
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