horseshoe的意思

horseshoe

英式音标['hɔrʃʃu]
美式英标['hɔːsʃuː; -ʃʃ-]

基本解释

vt. 装蹄铁于

n. 马蹄铁；U形物

horseshoe 马蹄铁

horse,马，shoe,鞋。即马蹄铁，在民间传说中为带来好运的吉祥物。

horseshoe (n.): late 14c. (early 13c. as a proper name), from horse (n.) + shoe (n.). Horseshoes as another name for the game of quoits, attested by 1822.
HORSE-SHOES, the game of coits, or quoits--because sometimes actually played with horse-shoes. [John Trotter Brockett, "A Glossary of North Country Words," 1829]
The belief that finding a horseshoe by chance is lucky is attested from late 14c., and the practice of nailing one above a doorway to prevent a witch entering therein was common in London down to c. 1800. Of a type of bend in a river, 1770, American English. As a type of crab, from 1775.

1. Ferries churn the waters of Howe Sound from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay.: 渡船搅起豪湾的海水，从兰代尔驶向霍斯舒湾。