| 单词 | crow's-foot |
| 释义 | crow's-foot[ krohz-foot ] / ˈkroʊzˌfʊt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crow's-foot ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural crow's-feet.Usually crow's-feet. any of the tiny wrinkles at the outer corners of the eyes resulting from age or constant squinting. Aeronautics. an arrangement of ropes in which one main rope exerts pull at several points simultaneously through a group of smaller ropes, as in balloon or airship rigging. (in tailoring) a three-pointed embroidered design used as a finish, as at the end of a seam or opening. crowfoot (def. 1). Origin of crow's-foot1350–1400; Middle English; so called because likened to a crow's foot or footprint Words nearby crow's-footcrown wart, crown wheel, crownwork, crow over, crow-pheasant, crow's-foot, crow's-nest, crowstep, Croydon, Croydon facelift, croze Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for crow's-footcrow's-foot noun plural -feet(often plural) a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye an embroidery stitch with three points, used esp as a finishing at the end of a seam a system of diverging short ropes to distribute the pull of a single rope, used esp in balloon and airship riggings 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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