hind

hind1
adjective
  1. [attrib.](especially of a bodily part) situated at the back; posterior
    (尤指身体部位)在后的,后部的;后面的
    a hind leg.
    后腿。
常用词组
on one's hind legs
  1. 见 leg
语源
  1. Middle English: perhaps shortened from Old English behindan (see behind)

hind2
noun
  1. a female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year
    雌鹿(尤指三岁或三岁以上的红鹿或梅花鹿)
语源
  1. Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hinde and German Hinde, from an Indo-European root meaning 'hornless', shared by Greek kemas 'young deer'

hind3
noun
  1. (archaic, chiefly Scottish)(古,主苏格兰)a skilled farm worker, typically married and with a tied cottage
    (尤指已婚、租用农工房屋的)农场熟练工人
    ■a farm steward or bailiff
    农场管家
    ■a peasant or rustic
    农夫,乡下人
语源
  1. late Old English hīne 'household servants', apparently from hīgna, hīna, genitive plural of hīgan, hīwan 'family members'
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