hoof

名词 n. 动词 v.
/hʊf/|/huːf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
    — […] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.
  2. The human foot. derogatory,slang
    — Get your hooves off me!
  3. An ungula. dated
  4. The heel of a loaf of bread.
动词 v.
  1. To trample with hooves.
  2. To walk. colloquial
  3. To dance, especially as a professional. informal
  4. To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy. colloquial,transitive

词形变化

hooves plural hoofs plural hoofs present,singular,third-person hoofing participle,present hoofed participle,past hoofed past hoove alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós
Proto-Germanic *hōfaz
Proto-West Germanic *hōf
Old English hōf
Middle English hof
English hoof
Inherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós
Proto-Germanic *hōfaz
Proto-West Germanic *hōf
Old English hōf
Middle English hof
English hoof
Inherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
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