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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- haunch
[hɔnʧ]
[hɔːnʧ]
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1.
noun
人的腿臀部，胯部；（牛、羊、猪等的）后腿
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2.
noun
（动物的）腰腿肉；大片野味（或羊肉等）
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3.
noun
[建筑]
拱腋，起拱；（拱顶两边的）拱石段；砖拱背圈
Collins English-English Dictionary
- haunch
[hɔːntʃ]
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n
[architect]
hance the part of an arch between the impost and the apex
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2.
n
the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal, esp a horse or similar quadruped
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3.
n
the leg and loin of an animal, used for food
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a haunch of venison
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4.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French hanche; related to Spanish, Italian anca, of Germanic origin; compare Low German hanke
Examples
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他买了块后暸肉，肥瘦合宜，正好做红烧肉。
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He bought a piece of haunch meat with neither too much fat nor muscle. It was suitable to cook bouilli.
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他在农贸市场以很便宜的价格买了一斤后臀尖。
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He bought a kilo of hunched part of the haunch pork at very cheap price in the vegetable market.
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