haunch
/hɔːntʃ/noun
1
- a buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal（人或动物的）臀部及大腿。
1.1
- mass noun the leg and loin of an animal, especially a deer, as food（动物的）腰腿（尤指作食物的鹿腰腿）：
haunch of venison.
鹿腰腿肉。
2
- Architecture the side of an arch, between the crown and the pier【建筑】拱腋。
短语
sit on one's haunches
- squat with the haunches resting on the backs of the heels蹲坐。
词源
Middle English: from Old French hanche, of Germanic origin.