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单词 crotch
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Definition of crotch in English:

crotch

noun krɒtʃkrɑtʃ
  • 1The part of the human body between the legs where they join the torso.

    (人体的)两腿分叉处,胯部

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You cannot scratch at your crotch or your armpit while wearing the jacket because it just looks weird.
    • Mind you, I was pretty sure by this point that the majority of my coffee was either on my crotch or in the back of the cars.
    • He hung there, layered with ice as hailstones formed, a grey powdery coating rushing out of the mauve and grey mist, invading his ears and nostrils, feathering his eyebrows, freezing his crotch.
    • In the second piece, the actual scans, moving through the artist's body from neck to crotch in speedy animation are set to the music of Ava Maria.
    • I felt bodies brush against me, hands caress my arms and thighs, squeeze my crotch.
    • He had been wounded in the abdomen and in the crotch.
    • Kelly rolled his eyes back and adjusted his crotch.
    • I moved my hands on his waist and positioned my crotch behind Jason.
    • I had worn lightweight jogging shorts and knew that on certain equipment, particularly upright bikes and straddled equipment, the crotch might be exposed.
    • Hip circumference was defined as the widest point, between the iliac crest and the crotch.
    • At one point in the show he imitated a guy in the front row, leaning back with his hand on his crotch, as if he were watching a movie.
    • All women should be conversant with basic self - defence, including how to punch the solar plexus and kick at the crotch.
    • Squat to see if pants gap in back, or cut into the crotch.
    • The bottom of the window frame cuts off our view of their bodies at crotch level.
    • It is a kick in the crotch, a punch to the kidney and a savage body slam.
    Synonyms
    groin
    lap
    1. 1.1 The part of a garment that passes between the legs.
      (衣服的)裤裆
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One way to solve your problem is to wear trousers that are longer from the crotch to the waistband.
      • Firstly, the jeans had been worn by somebody for a whole year, with repeated washes, so as to achieve the proper sort of tiger-striped fading round the crotch and pale patches round the knees.
      • Sew just a crotch lining so the seams enclosed between the lining and the swimsuit fabric.
      • Cecilia, one of my club divers, is only 5ft 2in, and the crotch flapped around her ankles.
      • When fitting the crotch, keep in mind that the back crotch seam will stretch because it's on the bias.
      • The black trousers split at the crotch, and split again when I mended them.
      • The best clothes for these day to day needs are simple body suits with snaps at the crotch.
      • The inseam is the length from the base of the crotch to the bottom of your pant leg at the seam.
      • In other words, avoid overalls and shirts that snap in the crotch.
      • Trousers should be worn on your hips, preferably with a low-rise, which is a shorter distance between the top of the waistband and the crotch of your pants.
      • There should be enough room in the crotch of the pants for you to sit and walk comfortably, without being excessively baggy.
      • In pants, full front thighs create diagonal wrinkles, pulling from the inside legs at the crotch.
      • He ended up with scalding tea down his shirtfront and crotch, but was unharmed.
      • The length from the crotch to the waistband is called the rise.
  • 2A fork in a tree, road, or river.

    (树,道路或河流的)分叉处

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because their feet are not large or strong enough to hold prey, shrikes find a crotch in a tree, a thorn, or barbed wire to hang their prey on while they eat.
    • Once the bag and line were lowered to the ground, a climbing rope was tied to the slick-line, which was used to pull it over the branch or tree crotch.
    • It amused Adriana to watch him do it, balanced in a crotch of his beech tree, fishing for hours in the morning and after a long nap in the heat of the day.
    • They typically nest in a horizontal fork or vertical crotch of a tree.
    • The nest, a platform made from thin sticks, lined with bark and greenery, is typically placed at a major crotch in a tree, 25-50 feet off the ground.
    • Somewhat frustrated at the range, he walked over to a nearby tree, placed the barrel in the crotch of that tree, and proceeded to bend the barrel in the direction of the needed adjustment.
    • It is situated high up in the crotch of open-crowned trees, on top of treelike saguaro cactuses, on cliff ledges, poles, or buildings.
    • The following years, evenly spaced scaffold branches with wide crotch angles are selected to encourage a strong tree.
    • Wild orchids and bromehads find homes in the crotches of many trees.
    • Well, Ron had planted himself in a straddle position facing the tree, in the crotch of a very big branch and the trunk.
    • Furthermore, Blue Jays nest in all parts of trees, including crotches in the main trunk, large horizontal limbs, and near the tips of terminal branches.
    • For the second cut, cut completely through the branch from inside the crotch well up from the ridge of bark joining the two branches.
    • Look for overly tall leaders, crossing branches and narrow-angle crotches.
    • If we come to an ugly crotch or fork, the operator just snips it off as he goes, without even slowing down.

Derivatives

  • crotched

  • adjective

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting an agricultural or garden fork, also a crutch): perhaps related to Old French croche 'crozier, shepherd's crook', based on Old Norse krókr 'hook'; partly also a variant of crutch.

Rhymes

blotch, botch, notch, outwatch, scotch, splotch, swatch, topnotch, watch

Definition of crotch in US English:

crotch

nounkräCHkrɑtʃ
  • 1The part of the human body between the legs where they join the torso.

    (人体的)两腿分叉处,胯部

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had been wounded in the abdomen and in the crotch.
    • It is a kick in the crotch, a punch to the kidney and a savage body slam.
    • At one point in the show he imitated a guy in the front row, leaning back with his hand on his crotch, as if he were watching a movie.
    • All women should be conversant with basic self - defence, including how to punch the solar plexus and kick at the crotch.
    • Hip circumference was defined as the widest point, between the iliac crest and the crotch.
    • I moved my hands on his waist and positioned my crotch behind Jason.
    • Kelly rolled his eyes back and adjusted his crotch.
    • Squat to see if pants gap in back, or cut into the crotch.
    • Mind you, I was pretty sure by this point that the majority of my coffee was either on my crotch or in the back of the cars.
    • He hung there, layered with ice as hailstones formed, a grey powdery coating rushing out of the mauve and grey mist, invading his ears and nostrils, feathering his eyebrows, freezing his crotch.
    • I felt bodies brush against me, hands caress my arms and thighs, squeeze my crotch.
    • In the second piece, the actual scans, moving through the artist's body from neck to crotch in speedy animation are set to the music of Ava Maria.
    • The bottom of the window frame cuts off our view of their bodies at crotch level.
    • You cannot scratch at your crotch or your armpit while wearing the jacket because it just looks weird.
    • I had worn lightweight jogging shorts and knew that on certain equipment, particularly upright bikes and straddled equipment, the crotch might be exposed.
    Synonyms
    groin
    1. 1.1 The part of a garment that passes between the legs.
      (衣服的)裤裆
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cecilia, one of my club divers, is only 5ft 2in, and the crotch flapped around her ankles.
      • In other words, avoid overalls and shirts that snap in the crotch.
      • One way to solve your problem is to wear trousers that are longer from the crotch to the waistband.
      • He ended up with scalding tea down his shirtfront and crotch, but was unharmed.
      • Sew just a crotch lining so the seams enclosed between the lining and the swimsuit fabric.
      • Firstly, the jeans had been worn by somebody for a whole year, with repeated washes, so as to achieve the proper sort of tiger-striped fading round the crotch and pale patches round the knees.
      • Trousers should be worn on your hips, preferably with a low-rise, which is a shorter distance between the top of the waistband and the crotch of your pants.
      • The inseam is the length from the base of the crotch to the bottom of your pant leg at the seam.
      • The black trousers split at the crotch, and split again when I mended them.
      • In pants, full front thighs create diagonal wrinkles, pulling from the inside legs at the crotch.
      • There should be enough room in the crotch of the pants for you to sit and walk comfortably, without being excessively baggy.
      • The length from the crotch to the waistband is called the rise.
      • The best clothes for these day to day needs are simple body suits with snaps at the crotch.
      • When fitting the crotch, keep in mind that the back crotch seam will stretch because it's on the bias.
    2. 1.2 A fork in a tree, road, or river.
      (树,道路或河流的)分叉处
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They typically nest in a horizontal fork or vertical crotch of a tree.
      • If we come to an ugly crotch or fork, the operator just snips it off as he goes, without even slowing down.
      • Because their feet are not large or strong enough to hold prey, shrikes find a crotch in a tree, a thorn, or barbed wire to hang their prey on while they eat.
      • Well, Ron had planted himself in a straddle position facing the tree, in the crotch of a very big branch and the trunk.
      • Once the bag and line were lowered to the ground, a climbing rope was tied to the slick-line, which was used to pull it over the branch or tree crotch.
      • Somewhat frustrated at the range, he walked over to a nearby tree, placed the barrel in the crotch of that tree, and proceeded to bend the barrel in the direction of the needed adjustment.
      • For the second cut, cut completely through the branch from inside the crotch well up from the ridge of bark joining the two branches.
      • Furthermore, Blue Jays nest in all parts of trees, including crotches in the main trunk, large horizontal limbs, and near the tips of terminal branches.
      • It amused Adriana to watch him do it, balanced in a crotch of his beech tree, fishing for hours in the morning and after a long nap in the heat of the day.
      • It is situated high up in the crotch of open-crowned trees, on top of treelike saguaro cactuses, on cliff ledges, poles, or buildings.
      • Wild orchids and bromehads find homes in the crotches of many trees.
      • The following years, evenly spaced scaffold branches with wide crotch angles are selected to encourage a strong tree.
      • The nest, a platform made from thin sticks, lined with bark and greenery, is typically placed at a major crotch in a tree, 25-50 feet off the ground.
      • Look for overly tall leaders, crossing branches and narrow-angle crotches.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting an agricultural or garden fork, also a crutch): perhaps related to Old French croche ‘crozier, shepherd's crook’, based on Old Norse krókr ‘hook’; partly also a variant of crutch.

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