hough

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /hɒk/    美 /hɑk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”). alt-of,alternative
    — In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees.
  2. Obsolete spelling of hoe. alt-of,obsolete
  3. Alternative form of hoe. alt-of,alternative
  4. Alternative form of hock (“tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped”). alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of hock (“to hamstring”). alt-of,alternative
    — Far and wide the farms were burnt over their owners’ heads, the growing crops upon the ground; the horses were houghed, the cattle driven off; while of human death and misery there was no end.
  2. Archaic spelling of hoe. alt-of,archaic
    — 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, K:LV Better the toiling Swain, oh happier far! Perhaps the happieſt of the Sons of Men! Who vigorous plies the Plough, the Team, or Car; Who houghs the Field, or ditches in the Glen, Delves in his Garden, or ſecures his Pen.

词形变化

houghs plural houghs present,singular,third-person houghing participle,present houghed participle,past houghed past houghs plural houghs present,singular,third-person houghing participle,present houghed participle,past houghed past houghs plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English hough, houȝ, hoch, howghe, from Old English hōh (“heel, hough”), from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”). Doublet of hoo.
The regular modern English development would be /hʌf/, /haʊ/; this has been replaced by /hɒk/, originating in the compound huxen (also *hoxen), from Old English hōhsinu.
词源 2
See hoe (“agricultural tool”).
词源 3
From Middle English ho, howe, hogh, from Old English hōh (“a promontory”).
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