hind: English has two words hind. The adjective meaning ‘rear’ [13] probably came mainly from behind, a compound formed in Old English times from bi- ‘by’ and hindan ‘from behind’, whose ultimate origins are unknown. Related are German hinter ‘behind’, the first element of hinterland, which English borrowed in the 19th century, and the verb hinder [OE], etymologically ‘put behind or back’. Hind ‘female deer’ [OE] comes ultimately from Indo- European *kemti-, a derivative of *kem- ‘hornless’. => behind, hinder, hinterland
hind (adj.)
c. 1300, "rear, back," perhaps a back-formation from Old English behindan "back, behind," used as adverb and preposition, or from or influenced by Old English hindan (adv.) "from behind," from Proto-Germanic *hind- "behind" (cognate with Gothic hindan (prep.) "on that side of, beyond, behind;" German hinten "behind"), of unknown origin. Possibly influenced by Middle English hiner (adv.) "back, rear."
hind (n.)
"female deer," Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hinthjo- (cognates: Old Norse hind, Dutch hinde, Old High German hinta, German Hinde "hind") perhaps from PIE *kemti-, from root *kem- "hornless" (cognates: Greek kemas, Lithuanian smulas "young deer, gazelle").
雙語例句
1. The higher rates have been a hind-rance to economic recovery.
高利率已經成為經濟複蘇的障礙。
來自柯林斯例句
2. You would be more of a hind-rance than a help.
你幫不上忙，反倒會礙事。
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3. Suddenly the cow kicked up its hind legs.
奶牛突然尥起了蹶子。
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4. The horse reared up on its hind legs.
那匹馬後腿前立，站了起來。
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5. The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.