haunch
haunch 英 [hɔ:ntʃ] 美 [hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ]
n. 腰部，腰；臀部
名词复数:haunches
- A haunch is the back end of an animal — its rump and rear leg. When you walk behind a horse, it's important to stay far enough away from its haunches that you won't get kicked.
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- n. 腰部，腰；臀部
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1. The venison was roasted to a turn -- and everybody said they never saw so fat a haunch.
鹿肉烧得恰到好处，大家都说，从来没有见过这么肥的腰肉。
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2. When asked specifically about the relationship between Christie's and haunch of Venison, he replied, “They seem to get on each others nerves.
当特别问道有关佳士得和鹿腿之间的关系时，他回答到“他们看似都在惹毛对方。
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3. His “winery” was called Doe haunch and was a major family joke.
他的“葡萄酒酒厂”叫做母鹿后臀，是家族笑话的主要源泉之一。
- haunch (n.) early 13c., from Old French hanche "hip, thigh; haunch" (12c.), from Frankish *hanka or a similar Germanic source (cognates: Old High German hinkan "to limp," ancha "leg," literally "joint;" Middle Dutch hanke "haunch"). "It is only since the 18th c. that the spelling haunch has displaced hanch" [OED]. Related: Haunches.
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