horned

IPA/hɔːnd/
KK[hˈɔrnd]IPA/hɔːrnd/

horned — 形容詞

  • hornedpositive
  • hornedercomparative
  • hornedestsuperlative

1. describing an animal whose head carries one or more hard pointed growths called

1.形容詞B2
釋義

有角的

頭上長角，或形狀像角

describing an animal whose head carries one or more hard pointed growths called horns, or describing an object with sharp parts that stick out like such growths

例句

Lara watched a herd of horned cattle move slowly across the dry plain.

Lara 看著一群有角的牛慢慢走過乾燥的平原。

horned + plural animal noun (attributive)

The temple roof curved upward at each corner into sharp horned tips.

那座廟宇的屋頂四個角向上翹起，形成尖尖的角狀飾物。

horned describing an object shaped like horns

同義詞
  • antlered

    specifically for deer-family animals whose horns branch and are shed yearly

  • tusked

    for long pointed teeth (elephants, walruses), not true horns

反義詞
  • hornless

    lacking horns; often used of breeds bred without horns

  • polled

    farming term for cattle or sheep born or bred without horns

文法句型

horned + noun

用法筆記

Almost always attributive (before a noun); rarely used after 'be'. Common with animal nouns (cattle, goat, owl, beetle) and with objects shaped like horns (helmet, headdress, roof).

常見錯誤

❌The bull is horned.
✅It is a horned bull.
💡'horned' normally sits before the noun, not after 'be'.