| 词组 | hoof |
| 释义 | hoof Both the plurals hoofs and hooves are in standard use. Phythian 1979 and Copperud 1970, 1980—citing older commentators—say that hoofs is more common. But in contemporary print, hooves is more common, and especially so in the trade journals of those concerned with horses, cattle, goats, and mules: • ... trampled the grass with their hooves —Daniel B. Weems, Raising Goats, 1983 • A farrier visits every four to five weeks to trim hooves and reset shoes —Marcia Werts, Morgan Horse, July 1984 And it is also more common in general sources: • The hooves furnished glue —William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways, 1982 • ... a horse with golden trappings and gilded hooves —E. J. Kahn, Jr., New Yorker, 9 July 1984 • ... take nails out of tires as well as horses' hooves — Hardcastle, Punch, 25 Sept. 1974 • Llamas are good climbers, and their padded feet are less damaging to wilderness paths than the hard hooves of horses —Ranger Rick, April 1985 But hoofs is not rare: • ... its tiny hoofs —Charles C. Mann, Natural History, June 1986 • ... pull the yuletide king through the air on winged hoofs —Dallas Morning News, 10 Dec. 1984 • The Secret of Healthy Hoofs —advt., Quarter Horse Track, February 1984 |
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