| 单词 | crotchet |
| 释义 | crotchet[ kroch-it ] / ˈkrɒtʃ ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crotchet ON THESAURUS.COM nounan odd fancy or whimsical notion. a small hook. a hooklike device or part. Entomology. a small, hooklike process. Music. Chiefly British. a quarter note. a curved surgical instrument with a sharp hook. Origin of crotchet1350–1400; Middle English crochet hook, staff with hook at end <Middle French (see crochet); doublet of crocket SYNONYMS FOR crotchet1 caprice, whimsy, eccentricity, quirk, oddity. SEE SYNONYMS FOR crotchet ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby crotchetcrostini, crotal, crotalin, crotamiton, crotch, crotchet, crotchety, crotchwood, croton, crotonaldehyde, crotonbug Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crotchetBritish Dictionary definitions for crotchetcrotchet / (ˈkrɒtʃɪt) / nounmusic a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreveUsual US and Canadian name: quarter note a small hook or hooklike device a perverse notion zoology a small notched or hooked process, as in an insect Word Origin for crotchetC14: from Old French crochet, literally: little hook, from croche hook; see crocket Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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