turn of foot

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The ability to accelerate quickly.
    — So myth number one is that horses who finish fast in the final furlong are horses to follow because they possess a turn of foot.
  2. A burst of speed in a horse race.
    — A good deal of a horse's efforts at acceleration are dissipated by the surface. On grass, a turn of foot is a powerful weapon. On dirt or the All-weather it counts for very little.
  3. A burst of speed. broadly
    — The final gear change is phenomenal. His turn of foot prodigious.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, foot.
    — The lateral turn of foot not only is the result of complicated turning movements of thigh, shank, and foot in the propulsive period, but also provides conditions for the normal transport of the limb in front after its disconnection.

词形变化

turns of foot plural
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