英:['dju:læp]
美:['djulæp]
英:['dju:læp]
美:['djulæp]
dew·lap
du laep
noun
a fold or flap of skin on the neck of some animals: such as
loose skin hanging under the neck of dogs and cattle of some breeds see cow illustration
a usually brightly colored extensible flap of skin on the throat of a lizard (such as an anole)
loose flesh on the human throat
14世纪中期, dewelappe,“牛和奶牛喉部下垂的皮褶”,源自 lappe “松散的部分”(古英语 læppa),但第一个元素的起源或含义不明,可能已被民间词源学改变。古英语中有 fræt-læppa 表示同样的意思(中古英语 fresh-lappe),并且与丹麦语 doglæp 相似。后来也用于火鸡的肉质皱褶或垂肉,以及老年人喉部松弛的皮肤(1580年代)。
垂肉:动物颈腹面的皮肤重褶
The first known use of dewlap was in the 14th century
diabolicaladjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : fiendish
diabetic1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or having diabetes
a diabetic person
diabetic2 of 2noun
a person who has diabetes
diabetesnoun
any of various bodily conditions in which abnormally large amounts of urine are producedespecially: diabetes mellitus
dexterousadjective
mentally skillful and clever : expert
her dexterous handling of the problem
done with skill
a dexterous maneuver
skillful with the hands
dextrosenoun
the naturally occurring form of glucose found in plants, fruits, and blood
dexterousadjective
mentally skillful and clever : expert
her dexterous handling of the problem
done with skill
a dexterous maneuver
skillful with the hands
dexterousadjective
mentally skillful and clever : expert
her dexterous handling of the problem
done with skill
a dexterous maneuver
skillful with the hands
dexteritynoun
mental skill or quickness
ease and grace in physical activityespecially: skill and ease in using the hands
dewlapnoun
loose skin hanging under the neck of various animals (as dogs or cattle of some breeds)
dewlapnoun
loose skin hanging under the neck especially of a bovine animal
1 It was a sinister but powerful face, the face of a debauched hero, clean-shaven, strongly eyebrowed, keen-eyed, with a huge aggressive jaw and an animal dewlap beneath it.
2 Long, muscular, clean - cut , without dewlap, slightly arched in the nape, flowing gracefully into the shoulders.
长, 肌肉发达, 整洁, 无赘肉, 颈背略微圆拱, 流畅地融入肩部.
3 There is also a large dewlap, while old bulls have a thick forelock.
4 About once in so long a tiny spasm of the muscles would contract the dewlap under his chin.
5 Birds of this breed both young and old should show dewlaps, the absence of these in adult specimens constituting a disqualification.
6 What better way to wake up those tired eyes and add ballast to those sagging dewlaps than this curtain raiser to the Roaring Twenties?
7 They were superb oxen with long horns, curved like the head-dress of Isis, with high withers, deep dewlaps, clean, muscular limbs; the brand of the estate, stamped with a red-hot iron, showed upon their flanks.
8 Neck is strong, arched and well muscled. There may be some dewlap.
颈部强壮,呈拱型,肌肉发达。可能会有一些赘肉。
9 As they galloped along, their fringed dewlaps and long beards swayed from side to side, and their little eyes glanced viciously as they peeped from out a forest of hair at the pursuing foe.
10 The males have a deep red dewlap with a dark blue median spot.
11 Both breeds were large and heavy, with pendulous ears and thick throats with dewlaps.
12 The adult males have a uniformly orange-red dewlap.
13 The superficial form presents itself first as a doughy tumefaction of the skin about the region of the throat, neck, dewlap, or legs, which pits on pressure.
14 He had to wear his silly bellhop’s cap tilted sideways, its tight plastic strap sunk into his sagging dewlap.
15 The chief peculiarity of the animal is its lack of a dewlap.
16 In both conditions a considerable swelling of the dewlap may be noticed in the later stages.
17 And sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl In very likeness of a roasted Crab; And when she drinks, against her lips I bob, And on her wither'd dewlap pour the ale.
18 The Herefords, though with red bodies, have white faces, manes, and dewlaps, whilst white prevails to a greater or less extent in the Shorthorn, Longhorn and Ayrshire breeds.
19 Is not the dewlap of the ox inscrutable? the mane of the lion? the tusks of the boar? the musk-sack of the deer?
20 Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.