| 单词 | rocker-bottom | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasrocker-bottom   rocker-bottom  n. 		 (a) a convexly curved underside, as of some types of rail truck, boat, etc.; cf. sense  9b;		 (b) Medicine. attributive designating a foot characterized by convexity of the sole or weight-bearing surface, and the deformity of having such a foot. ΚΠ 1833    Mechanics' Mag. 26 Jan. 276/1  				Let him cause his smiths to fit plates of it beneath his framing, and against the rocker-bottom which drops below the framing. 1931    Bull. 		(U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Mines)	 48  				One and one-half ton rocker-bottom dump cars are used in trains of four. 1950    Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 32A 344  				Sonnenburg saw 688 cases of congenital club-foot..and 15 cases of congenital convex pes valgus or ‘rocker-bottom’ foot. 1977    N. E. Shaw in  Bone & Joint Dis. 		(Brit. Med. Assoc.)	 114 		(caption)	  				Rocker-bottom deformity has developed. 1999    Christian Sci. Monitor 		(Nexis)	 13 Aug. 22  				A canoe with a curving rocker bottom could turn with quick response in white water. 2001    M. S. Downey in  A. S. Banks et al.  McGlamry's Comprehensive Textbk. Foot & Ankle Surg. 		(ed. 3)	 I. xxiv. 733/2  				The resultant chronic stress..may lead to the development of a rocker-bottom foot. < as lemmas  | 
	
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