stirrup

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈstɪ.ɹəp/|/ˈstʌ.ɹəp/    /ˈstɝ.əp/|/ˈstɪɹ.əp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
    — With what different feelings did he now put foot in stirrup to the last time when he sprung to horse?
  2. Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc. broadly
    — Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
  3. Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.; A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing. broadly
  4. A stapes.
  5. A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:stirrup.
  6. A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.
形容词 adj.
  1. Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot. not-comparable

词形变化

stirrups plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English stirop, stirope, from Old English stiġrāp (“stirrup”), a compound of stiġe ("ascent, descent, a going up or down"; related to stīġan (“to climb”)) and rāp (“rope”), equivalent to sty + rope.
Cognate with Dutch stegereep, stegelreep (“stirrup”), Old Saxon stigerēp (“stirrup”), Middle High German stereip, stegreif ("stirrup"; > German Stegreif (“improvisation”)), Icelandic stigreip (“stirrup”).
词源 2
From Middle English stirop, stirope, from Old English stiġrāp (“stirrup”), a compound of stiġe ("ascent, descent, a going up or down"; related to stīġan (“to climb”)) and rāp (“rope”), equivalent to sty + rope.
Cognate with Dutch stegereep, stegelreep (“stirrup”), Old Saxon stigerēp (“stirrup”), Middle High German stereip, stegreif ("stirrup"; > German Stegreif (“improvisation”)), Icelandic stigreip (“stirrup”).
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