hoof
英 [huːf]
美 [huf]
- vi. 步行；踢；跳舞
- vt. 用蹄踢；步行
- n. 蹄；人的脚
hoof 助记提示
1. (记)根据读音记忆→护肤→牛马的蹄就是用来保护它们脚上的皮肤的→蹄.
2. PIE root *kop- "to beat, strike" => hoof, hatchet, syncope.
3. hook + foot => hoof.
4. hoop + foot => hoof.
5. => 圆形的脚 =》 蹄。
hoof 中文词源
hoof 蹄来自古英语hof,蹄，来自PIE*kop,击，打，砍，词源同hatchet.
hoof 英文词源
- 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.
hoof 双语例句
1. I thought he would show the cloven hoof sooner or later. 我早就认为他迟早会原形毕露的. 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. The horse snorted and stamped its hoof impatiently.
- 这匹马呼哧呼哧地喷着气,不耐烦地跺着蹄子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Let's hoof it to the park.
- 我们步行到公园去 吧.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. The last bus had gone so we had to hoof it home.
- 末班公共汽车已经开走了,我们只好走回家.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Let's hoof it to the supermarket.
- 我们步行到超级市场去 吧.
来自辞典例句