horseshoe

/hawrs-shoo, hawrsh-/US // ˈhɔrsˌʃu, ˈhɔrʃ- //UK // (ˈhɔːsˌʃuː) //

马蹄铁,马蹄,马蹄形,马蹄形的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a U-shaped metal plate, plain or with calks, nailed to a horse's hoof to protect it from being injured by hard or rough surfaces.
- : something U-shaped, as a valley, river bend, or other natural feature: We picnicked in the middle of a horseshoe of trees.
- : horseshoes, a game in which horseshoes or other U-shaped pieces of metal, plastic, etc., are tossed at an iron stake 30 or 40 feet away in order to encircle it or to come closer to it than one's opponent.

v.有主动词 verb

adj.形容词 adjective

as incurve

Synonyms

Smaller celts were fashioned from pieces of swords, horseshoes, and even metal barrel hoops.
Then they overlaid that data with the habitat of horseshoe bats in Asia and Europe.
By combining data on horseshoe bat habitats, land-use change, human population density, and other factors known to increase the risk of spillover, the researchers produced a map of “hot spots” in Asia and Europe where the risk is highest.
First, they discovered that SARS-like viruses make their natural home in horseshoe bats.
While camped at the water’s edge of West Chickenbone Lake, a horseshoe-shaped inland tarn, I heard a splash.
An after-party was held at the Diamond Horseshoe nightclub at the Paramount Hotel on West 46th Street.
The dancers are spread along the thrust stage that bisects the restored, re-glammed swing-era supper club, The Diamond Horseshoe.
He had a scraggly beard and his once clean-shaven head was ringed by a horseshoe of graying hair.
Basketball, foosball, bocce ball—there's even a horseshoe pit.
On three sides the surrounding ground rose steeply, forming an irregular horseshoe mound that opened to the west.
Up and up went the trail, twisting back and forth in long horseshoe curves.
It is vaulted in stone, and the plain arches at the end without any ribs (see illustration), are worthy of notice.

/hawrs-shoo, hawrsh-/US // ˈhɔrsˌʃu, ˈhɔrʃ- //UK // (ˈhɔːsˌʃuː) //

马蹄铁,马蹄,马蹄形,马蹄形的

n.名词 noun

1
- : a U-shaped metal plate, plain or with calks, nailed to a horse's hoof to protect it from being injured by hard or rough surfaces.
- : something U-shaped, as a valley, river bend, or other natural feature: We picnicked in the middle of a horseshoe of trees.
- : horseshoes, a game in which horseshoes or other U-shaped pieces of metal, plastic, etc., are tossed at an iron stake 30 or 40 feet away in order to encircle it or to come closer to it than one's opponent.

v.有主动词 verb

adj.形容词 adjective

as incurve

Synonyms

Smaller celts were fashioned from pieces of swords, horseshoes, and even metal barrel hoops.
Then they overlaid that data with the habitat of horseshoe bats in Asia and Europe.
By combining data on horseshoe bat habitats, land-use change, human population density, and other factors known to increase the risk of spillover, the researchers produced a map of “hot spots” in Asia and Europe where the risk is highest.
First, they discovered that SARS-like viruses make their natural home in horseshoe bats.
While camped at the water’s edge of West Chickenbone Lake, a horseshoe-shaped inland tarn, I heard a splash.
An after-party was held at the Diamond Horseshoe nightclub at the Paramount Hotel on West 46th Street.
The dancers are spread along the thrust stage that bisects the restored, re-glammed swing-era supper club, The Diamond Horseshoe.
He had a scraggly beard and his once clean-shaven head was ringed by a horseshoe of graying hair.
Basketball, foosball, bocce ball—there's even a horseshoe pit.
On three sides the surrounding ground rose steeply, forming an irregular horseshoe mound that opened to the west.
Up and up went the trail, twisting back and forth in long horseshoe curves.
It is vaulted in stone, and the plain arches at the end without any ribs (see illustration), are worthy of notice.