horseshoe
英['h??s?u?;-??-]
美['h?r??u]
- vt. 裝蹄鐵于
- n. 馬蹄鐵；U形物
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?horseshoes;
中文詞源
horseshoe 馬蹄鐵
horse,馬，shoe,鞋。即馬蹄鐵，在民間傳說中為帶來好運(yùn)的吉祥物。
英文詞源
- horseshoe (n.)
- late 14c. (early 13c. as a proper name), from horse (n.) + shoe (n.). Horseshoes as another name for the game of quoits, attested by 1822.
HORSE-SHOES, the game of coits, or quoits--because sometimes actually played with horse-shoes. [John Trotter Brockett, "A Glossary of North Country Words," 1829]
The belief that finding a horseshoe by chance is lucky is attested from late 14c., and the practice of nailing one above a doorway to prevent a witch entering therein was common in London down to c. 1800. Of a type of bend in a river, 1770, American English. As a type of crab, from 1775.
雙語例句
- 1. Ferries churn the waters of Howe Sound from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay.
- 渡船攪起豪灣的海水，從蘭代爾駛向霍斯舒灣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Bend the bar into a horseshoe.
- 把鐵條彎成馬蹄形。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a horseshoe bend in the river
- 河道中的馬蹄形彎曲
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The blacksmith is forging the horseshoe.
- 鐵匠正在打造馬蹄鐵.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The blacksmith shaped a horseshoe on his anvil.
- 鐵匠在他的鐵砧上打出一個(gè)馬蹄形.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》