stirrup
stirrup — 名詞
- stirrupsingular
- stirrupsplural
1. A piece of equipment that hangs from a horse saddle; the rider puts the bottom o
馬鐙
馬鞍兩側供騎手踏腳的環
A piece of equipment that hangs from a horse saddle; the rider puts the bottom of one foot into each piece to stay steady while riding or getting on the horse.
Dewi put her left foot into the stirrup and swung herself up onto the horse.
Dewi 把左腳踩進馬鐙，一躍上了馬背。
stirrup for mounting a horse
The leather strap holding Nila's stirrup snapped as the horse trotted across the field.
固定 Nila 馬鐙的皮帶在馬小跑過田野時斷了。
collocation: stirrup strap
Before the lesson, Asher adjusted both stirrups to match the length of his legs.
上課前，Asher 把兩邊的馬鐙調整到適合他腿長的長度。
Soraya lost her balance and her right foot slipped out of the stirrup.
Soraya 失去平衡，右腳從馬鐙裡滑了出來。
Pedro kept his heels down in the stirrups as the horse trotted around the ring.
Pedro 在馬繞著場地小跑時一直把腳跟壓低踩在馬鐙裡。
文法句型
stirrup + verb (rides/breaks/etc.)
in/out of the stirrups
用法筆記
Often used in the plural form 'stirrups' because riders use one on each side of the saddle.
常見錯誤
2. The smallest of three tiny bones inside the middle ear; it is shaped like a hors
鐙骨
中耳內最小的聽小骨
The smallest of three tiny bones inside the middle ear; it is shaped like a horse rider's stirrup and passes sound waves from one bone to the next, sending them toward the inner ear.
Minho's doctor explained that a problem with his stirrup bone had caused some hearing loss.
Minho 的醫生解釋說，他的鐙骨出了問題導致聽力受損。
collocation: stirrup bone
The stirrup bone is the smallest bone in the entire human body.
鐙骨是整個人體中最小的骨頭。
When sound waves reach the stirrup bone, it sends vibrations into the inner ear fluid.
當聲波抵達鐙骨時，它會將振動傳送到內耳液體中。
Layla's hearing test showed that her stirrup bone was not moving as it should.
Layla 的聽力檢查顯示她的鐙骨沒有正常活動。
Jessica learned in biology class that the stirrup bone is also called the stapes.
Jessica 在生物課上學到鐙骨又稱為 stapes。
- stapes
the formal medical name; used by doctors and in anatomy textbooks
文法句型
the stirrup bone + verb
stirrup bone of the ear
用法筆記
The formal medical term is 'stapes' (plural 'stapedes'). In everyday English, especially outside medical contexts, it is more common to call it the 'stirrup bone'.