haunch

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haunch /hɔːntʃ $ hɒːntʃ/ noun [countable]  1  haunches [plural]HBHBODY the part of your body that includes your bottom, your hips, and the tops of your legs 〔人的〕臀胯部on your haunches They squatted on their haunches playing dice. 他们蹲着玩掷骰子。2. HBADFone of the back legs of a four-legged animal, especially when it is used as meat 〔四腿动物的〕一条后腿；〔尤指供食用的〕后腿，后腿肉 →4  See picture of 见图 BIG CAT

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haunch• Sure enough, she was still there, sitting on her haunches eyeing me thoughtfully.• Sinnett rose on his haunches and craned his neck from the other side.• Finally he broke away and went and squatted on his haunches by the stream.• Tuthanach slingshot whizzed and whirred, and two of the horsemen fell back over the mounts' haunches.• Its front paws were folded back beneath its body and its back paws disappeared beneath its round rear haunches.• To talk, they often got down on their haunches and hunkered.• They have the charming habit of sitting up on their haunches and basking in the early morning sun.Origin haunch (1100-1200) French hanche

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haunch
haunch /hɔːntʃ $ hɒːntʃ/ noun [countable]1. haunches [plural] the part of your body that includes your bottom, your hips, and the tops of your legs
    on your haunches
    They squatted on their haunches playing dice.
2. one of the back legs of a four-legged animal, especially when it is used as meat

haunchBrE /hɔːntʃ/ 🔊NAmE /hɔːntʃ/ 🔊 nounhaunches [plural] the tops of the legs and buttocks; the similar parts at the back of the body of an animal that has four legs 臀胯部；（四足动物的）腰腿◆to crouch/squat on your haunches 蹲着 [countable] a back leg and loin of an animal that has four legs, eaten as food （四足动物可食用的）腰腿肉◆a haunch of venison一条鹿腰腿肉