| 单词 | stirrup |
| 释义 | stirrup n. 1. each of a pair of devices attached to each side of a horse's saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider's foot. 2. (attrib.) having the shape of a stirrup. 3. (in full stirrup bone) = STAPES. Phrases and idioms stirrup-cup a cup of wine etc. offered to a person about to depart, orig. on horseback. stirrup-iron the metal loop of a stirrup. stirrup-leather (or -strap) the strap attaching a stirrup to a saddle. stirrup-pump a hand-operated water-pump with a foot-rest, used to extinguish small fires. Etymology: OE stigrap f. stigan climb (as STILE(1)) + ROPE |
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