fetlock
n. 丛毛, 球节 [医] 距毛, 球节(马)
发音
US
词形变化
fetlocks
复数
fetlocks
别名
fetterlock
fewterlock
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
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2.
The tuft of hair that grows at this joint.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English fitlokes, feetlakkes pl, taken to be foot + lock (“tuft of hair”) but actually a misdivision of Old English -oc. Cognate with Middle Low German fitlok, fitlock (“fetlock”), Dutch vitlok, vittelokke, vitslok, German Fissloch, Fisloch, Fislach (“fetlock; pastern”).
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