withers

FREQ #27571

n. 马肩隆（马肩骨间的隆起部）；[古]感情, 情绪

发音

US /ˈwɪð.ɚz/
UK /ˈwɪð.əz/

词形变化

wither

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height.

v.
  1. 1.

    third-person singular simple present indicative of wither

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

body part

整体词 5

horse sheep deer ox cervid

相关短语

withers away withers on the vine wither away wither on the vine 胎死腹中,夭折 fistulous withers [医]马肩隆瘘; 耆甲瘘

词源

From dialectal English wither (“against”) (compare wither-) + -s; see with. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”), from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”).

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