spavined

a. 跛的, 残废的 [医] 患飞节内肿的

发音

US /ˈspævɪnd/
其它
UK /ˈspævɪnd/

词形变化

more spavined 比较级 most spavined 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    simple past and past participle of spavin

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a horse: having spavin (“a disease of horses caused by a bony swelling which develops in a leg due to inflammation”).

    生物 动物学 医学 体育
  2. 2.

    Of a person: lame due to a leg disease.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    Of a person or a thing: old, worn-out; also, obsolete.

    比喻

    I’m a spavined old warrior, and I don’t have much time left in this world, but I still have a few tricks to teach these whippersnappers.

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词源

From Late Middle English spaueyned, from spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causing lameness; disease causing lameness in horses”) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and the past tense and past participle forms of weak verbs). By surface analysis, spavin + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives from nouns, denoting having the objects represented by the nouns; and forming past tenses of regular verbs).

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