crotch
/krɒtʃ/ (bre, ipa) · /krɑːtʃ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkräch/ (ame, mw)
crotch — 名詞
- crotchsingular
- crotchesplural
1. the area at the very top of the inside of your legs, where they meet your body,
胯下；褲襠
兩腿交接處；褲子覆蓋該處的部位
the area at the very top of the inside of your legs, where they meet your body, or the matching part of trousers, shorts, or underwear that sits over this area.
Mayumi tore the crotch of her jeans while climbing over the fence.
Mayumi 翻過圍欄時，把牛仔褲的褲襠扯破了。
the crotch of [garment] — possessive of frame
The cyclist felt sore in the crotch after riding ninety kilometres without padded shorts.
那位自行車手沒穿護墊褲就騎了九十公里，胯下痠得不得了。
sore in the crotch — common collocation
Caleb crouched too quickly and split the crotch of his old grey trousers.
Caleb 蹲得太急，把那條舊灰長褲的褲襠撐裂了。
These swimming trunks are too tight around the crotch and need replacing.
這條泳褲褲襠太緊，得換一條了。
Emre kicked the goalkeeper in the crotch by accident during the corner kick.
角球那一下，Emre 不小心一腳踢到守門員的胯下。
- groin
more clinical; usually the body part, rarely the garment part
- private parts
euphemism; refers to the genitals, not the surrounding region
用法筆記
Refers both to the body part and to the garment region that covers it; context decides which reading applies. Often appears in injury or fit contexts (kicked in the crotch, tight in the crotch).
常見錯誤
2. the Y-shaped point on a tree where the main trunk divides into two large branche
樹幹分岔處
樹幹分成兩大枝的 Y 形交會點
the Y-shaped point on a tree where the main trunk divides into two large branches.
A barn owl had built its nest in the crotch of the old oak by the pond.
一隻倉鴞在池邊老橡樹的分岔處築了巢。
in the crotch of [tree] — locative frame
Sana wedged the ladder into the crotch of the apple tree to pick the top fruit.
Sana 把梯子卡進蘋果樹的分岔處，好摘最頂端的果子。
wedge into the crotch — placement verb
Lightning had split the maple right at the crotch, leaving two blackened limbs.
閃電正好把那棵楓樹從分岔處劈開，留下兩根焦黑的樹枝。
Tamar found a small green snake curled in the crotch of the fig tree.
Tamar 在無花果樹的分岔處發現一條捲著的小綠蛇。
The treehouse rested on three planks nailed across the crotch of a tall beech.
那座樹屋靠三塊木板撐著，木板就釘在一棵高大山毛櫸的分岔處上。
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 by context: here the noun is always followed by 'of the [tree name]' or stands in a landscape/garden setting. Common in arboriculture and rural writing.