pastern

n. 胶, 胶骨

发音

UK /ˈpæstən/
其它
UK /ˈpæstɜːn/
US /ˈpæstəɹn/

词形变化

pasterns 复数 pasterns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof.

    It was quite impossible to ride over the deeply-ploughed field; the earth bore only where there was still a little ice, in the thawed furrows the horse's legs sank in above its pasterns.

  2. 2.

    A shackle for horses while pasturing.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    A patten.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

bone os

部分词 1

coronet

词源

From Middle English pastron, pastroun, pasturne, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture (“shackle for a horse in pasture”), alteration of Late Latin pastōria after the suffix -ure.

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