gambrel

n. 跗关节, 马脚状铁钩, 斜析形屋顶

发音

US /ˈɡæmbɹəl/

词形变化

gambrels 复数 gambrels gambreled gambreling gambrelling gambrels 三单 gambreling 现在分词 gambrelling 现在分词 gambreled 过去式 gambreled 过去分词 gambrelled 过去式 gambrelled 过去分词

别名

cambrel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The hind leg of a horse; the hock.

  2. 2.

    A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.

    方言 历史 废旧
  3. 3.

    A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.

  4. 4.

    A gambrel roof.

    建筑
v.
  1. 1.

    To truss or hang up using a gambrel.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

gambrel roof

上位词 3

gable roof saddleback saddle roof

相关短语

gambrel roof 斜折线屋顶, 复折式屋顶; 复斜屋顶 gambrel roofs

词源

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).

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