| 单词 |
hogged |
| 释义 |
hogged, ppl. a.|hɒgd| [f. hog v.1 + -ed1.] 1. a. Of a ship: Drooping at stem and stern; hog-backed. b. Of a road: Raised in the centre.
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Arqué, broken-backed or hogged; drooping at the stem and stern. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Hogged, a significant word derived from the animal; it implies that the two ends of a ship's decks droop lower than the midship part, consequently, that her keel and bottom are so strained as to curve upwards. The term is therefore in opposition to that of sagging. 1896Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 July, If the road be ‘hogged’..the wheel slides away from under him [a cyclist], and he falls sideways without the slightest warning. 2. Of a horse's mane: Cut off short.
1764G. Colman Prose on Sev. Occ. (1787) II. 258 Hogged manes and hogged toupees, came in together. 1867R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower v. 44 A sedate cob, with a docked tail and hogged mane. |

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