hoof
英 [hu?f]
美 [huf]
- vi. 步行；踢；跳舞
- vt. 用蹄踢；步行
- n. 蹄；人的腳
助記提示
1. (記)根據讀音記憶→護膚→牛馬的蹄就是用來保護它們腳上的皮膚的→蹄.
2. PIE root *kop- "to beat, strike" => hoof, hatchet, syncope.
3. hook + foot => hoof.
4. hoop + foot => hoof.
5. => 圓形的腳 =》 蹄。
中文詞源
hoof 蹄來自古英語hof,蹄，來自PIE*kop,擊，打，砍，詞源同hatchet.
英文詞源
- hoof (n.)
- Old English hof "hoof," from Proto-Germanic *hofaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian hof, Old Norse hofr, Danish hov, Dutch hoef, German Huf "hof"), from PIE *kop- "to beat, strike" (cognates: Sanskrit saphah "hoof"). For spelling, see hood (n.1).
- hoof (v.)
- "to walk" (hoof it), first attested 1640s, from hoof (n.); slang meaning "to dance" is 1920, American English (implied in hoofer). Related: Hoofed; hoofing.
雙語例句
- 1. I thought he would show the cloven hoof sooner or later.
- 我早就認為他遲早會原形畢露的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. The horse snorted and stamped its hoof impatiently.
- 這匹馬呼哧呼哧地噴著氣,不耐煩地跺著蹄子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Let's hoof it to the park.
- 我們步行到公園去 吧.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. The last bus had gone so we had to hoof it home.
- 末班公共汽車已經開走了,我們只好走回家.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Let's hoof it to the supermarket.
- 我們步行到超級市場去 吧.
來自辭典例句