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

　

单词	stirrup
释义	Trends of stirrup View usage for: stirrup (stɪrəp, US stɜːr-) Word forms: plural stirrups countable noun Stirrups are the two metal loops which are attached to a horse's saddle by long pieces of leather. You place your feet in the stirrups when riding a horse. stirrup in British English (ˈstɪrəp) noun 1. Also called: stirrup iron either of two metal loops on a riding saddle, with a flat footpiece through which a rider puts his or her foot for support. They are attached to the saddle by stirrup leathers 2. a U-shaped support or clamp made of metal, wood, leather, etc 3. nautical one of a set of ropes fastened to a yard at one end and having a thimble at the other through which a footrope is rove for support 4. the usual US name for étrier Word origin Old English stigrāp, from stīg path, step (related to Old High German stīgan to move up) + rāp rope; related to Old Norse stigreip, Old High German stegareif stirrup in American English (ˈstɜrəp; ˈstɪrəp) noun 1. a ring with a flat bottom hung by a strap, usually on each side of a saddle and used as a footrest in mounting and riding 2. any of various supports, clamps, etc. resembling or suggesting such a ring 3. Nautical a short rope hung from a yard for use in supporting a footrope 4. stirrup bone Word origin ME stirop < OE stigrap, akin to Ger stegreif: for IE bases see stile2 & rope Image of stirrup © wideonet, Shutterstock Examples of 'stirrup' in a sentence stirrup There was a stirrup cup passed around -- not nearly enough of it. Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2002) Rose cupped his knee in the stirrup of his hands, tilted his head. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002) Verna pulled her horse around and put a foot into the stirrup. Terry Goodkind NAKED EMPIRE (2002) Word lists with stirrup Tack and equipment and their parts All related terms of 'stirrup' stirrup cup a cup containing an alcoholic drink offered to a horseman ready to ride away stirrup bone the stapes , one of the three bones of the middle ear stirrup iron either of two metal loops on a riding saddle , with a flat footpiece through which a rider puts his or her foot for support. They are attached to the saddle by stirrup leathers stirrup pants close-fitting pants with a stirruplike strap , at the end of each leg, to be positioned under the arch of the foot stirrup pump a hand-operated vertical reciprocating pump , now obsolete , such as one used in fire-fighting, etc, in which the base of the cylinder was placed in a bucket of water stirrup strap an adjustable strap by means of which a stirrup is attached to a riding saddle stirrup leather an adjustable strap by means of which a stirrup is attached to a riding saddle stapedes the stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals stapes the stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals
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