crow's foot

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small wrinkle in the corner of an eye, emblematic of aging. plural-normally
    — You must get a brown gown, and a white apron, and a mob cap, and we must make you a few wrinkles, and a little of the crowsfoot at the corner of your eyes, and you will be a very proper, little old woman.
  2. A triangular embroidery stitch.
  3. A symbol, resembling a bisected equilateral triangle, used in database diagrams to indicate plurality.
    — The crow's-foot notation similarly represents relationships.
  4. A number of lines rove through a long wooden block, supporting the backbone of an awning horizontally.
  5. A caltrop.
  6. A device for supporting a tripod to prevent the legs from slipping.
    — My foreman with his faked assistant had littered the place with all my apparatus, my bellbox, my crowsfoot, the V-drills, the rods, and the weight, but Malone insisted that we disregard all that and descend ourselves to the lowest level.
  7. Certain flowering plants
  8. Certain flowering plants; especially, in genus Ranunculus

词形变化

crow's feet plural crows' feet plural crow's-foot alternative crowsfoot alternative

词源

From Middle English crowes feet pl.
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