horseshoe

• vt. 裝蹄鐵於
• n. 馬蹄鐵；U形物

horse,馬，shoe,鞋。即馬蹄鐵，在民間傳說中為帶來好運的吉祥物。

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.

渡船攪起豪灣的海水，從蘭代爾駛向霍斯舒灣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Bend the bar into a horseshoe.

把鐵條彎成馬蹄形。

來自柯林斯例句

3. a horseshoe bend in the river

河道中的馬蹄形彎曲

來自《權威詞典》

4. The blacksmith is forging the horseshoe.

鐵匠正在打造馬蹄鐵.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The blacksmith shaped a horseshoe on his anvil.

鐵匠在他的鐵砧上打出一個馬蹄形.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》