| 单词 | hoof |
| 释义 | hoof (once / 517 pages) nv A foot is to a human what a hoof is to a horse, a goat, or a giraffe. Each hoof protects the animal and helps it to walk and run. A hoof is made of keratin, just like your fingernails, but it tends to be thicker and harder since it has to bear the weight of the animal. Hoof can also be a verb that, surprisingly enough, applies to humans. Maybe you have offered someone a ride, only to be told, "No, I think I'll just hoof it," meaning walk or otherwise go on foot. Hoof is sometimes substituted for dance if the person doing it is getting paid. WORD FAMILYhoof: hoofed, hoofer, hoofing, hooflike, hoofs, hooves+/hoofer: hoofers/hoofing: hoofings USAGE EXAMPLESThe mulefoot is named for its non-cloven hoof, and was the subject of a vibrant industry including some 200 herds a century ago. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) The “s” struggling to hang on at the end of “Happy Holidays” fell, exhausted, and was trampled beneath thousands of tiny, pawing, prancing reindeer hooves. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) The endangered mammal is one the smallest hoofed animals in the world and was born at Chester Zoo. BBC(Dec 13, 2016) 1n the foot of an ungulate mammal Hypo|Hyper cloven foot, cloven hoof a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine) horse's footthe hoof of a horse animal foot, foot the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings 2n the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals Hyper horny structure, unguis any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin 3v walk let's hoof it to the disco Syn|Hyper foot, hoof it, leg it walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 4v dance in a professional capacity Hyper dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance |
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