hindquarters
/hahynd-kwawr-ter, -kwaw-/US // ˈhaɪndˌkwɔr tər, -ˌkwɔ- //UK // (ˈhaɪndˌkwɔːtə) //
臀部,后部,后肢,后躯
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- : hindquarters, the rear part of an animal.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inbuttocks
Synonyms
Antonyms
as inbutt/buttocks
as infanny
as inpostern
as inback
as inrear
Examples
We soon found it too heavy to carry that way, so skinned it and hung up the foreparts and took the skin and hindquarters.
He stooped to examine the dead wolf, catching it by the tail and hoisting its hindquarters off the ground.
At this great oath the horse stood up on his fore-feet, and sat like a dog on his hindquarters.
He strained on the traces, exposing to them only his hindquarters, running well ahead, and keeping his throat safe.
But to-day he caught the edge of it, and he knew why Gray Wolf's ears flattened, and her hindquarters drooped.
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