huckle

n. 臀部, 腰, 大腿部

发音

其它 /ˈhʌkəl/

词形变化

huckles 复数 huckles huckled huckles 三单 huckling huckling 现在分词 huckled 过去式 huckled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The hip, the haunch.

    废旧

    At what time Don Quixote, who had very much bruis'd his Huckle-bone, with a Hipshot grace approaching the Lady fell upon his Knees […]

  2. 2.

    A bunch or part projecting like the hip.

  3. 3.

    A homosexual man.

    贬义
v.
  1. 1.

    To apprehend or arrest.

    苏格兰

相关短语

huckle bone [医] 距骨 huckle bones (huckle-bone 的复数) [医] 距骨

词源

From huck (from Middle English hoke (“hook”), hokebone, probably so called because of its round shape) + -le. See also hook.

来源：wiktionary