crotch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kɹɒt͡ʃ/    美 /kɹɑt͡ʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
    — Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.
  2. Either the male or female genitalia. euphemistic,slang
    — He cringed at being kicked in the crotch.
  3. The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.
    — There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.
  4. In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
  5. The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y".
动词 v.
  1. To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to. transitive
    — to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots
  2. To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it. US,Western,historical,transitive
  3. To shoplift or smuggle by hiding between one's thighs or in one's underwear. transitive
    — I remember crotching a bottle of Corona out of a pub on Commercial Drive and nursing it with Cancer as we stumbled towards my car .
  4. To hit in the crotch (genital region). transitive
    — Flair and Paisley flirted until Daffney crotched David from behind with a baseball bat.
  5. To secure (the boom) to the boom crotch (a forked pole). transitive
    — […] when she begins to go astern, let go the anchor, brail up the spanker, crotch the boom, haul taut the guys, light-to the cable, as fast as she will take it, until a sufficient scope is out, when stopper.
  6. To hang (a rope) over a crotch in a tree so that the ends hang down from opposite sides. transitive
    — The safety sling should be tied immediately after the climber has crotched his rope as high and as close to the trunk as possible.
  7. To remove overgrown wool from around the eyes of. transitive
    — Cattle and sheep purchased by contract for a specific consignee at point of origin, and moving on through billing to points beyond Denver, may be stopped at Denver to be weighed, classified, sorted, inspected, delivered, tagged, faced, crotched, and/or diverted for a charge of $7.50 per car or per truck in lieu of yardage.

词形变化

crotches plural crotches present,singular,third-person crotching participle,present crotched participle,past crotched past

词汇关系

反义词
branch
下位词
finger crotch split crotch
衍生词
crotchal crotchbulge crotchful crotch itch crotchless crotchling
相关词
could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck crotch chain crotch crickets crotch critter crotch-dropping crotchdropping crotch dropping crotch dumpling crotch fruit crotch goblin crotch rocket crotch rot crotch spawn crotch tent drop crotch drop-crotch fire crotch fire-crotch lightning crotch snap crotch swamp crotch crotch down
部分词
crotchline crotch seam

词源

词源 1
Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely:
* From Middle English croche, variant of crucche (“crutch”); compare crook.
* From Middle English croche, variant of crouche (“cross, crozier”).
词源 2
Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely:
* From Middle English croche, variant of crucche (“crutch”); compare crook.
* From Middle English croche, variant of crouche (“cross, crozier”).
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