This was intended for Mr Toodle's private edification, but Rob the Grinder, whose withers were not unwrung, caught the words as they were spoken. 这话是为了私下开导图德尔而说的,但是却被刺伤了心的罗博听到了。
A dog may be lightly sabled, with just a scattering of black-tipped hairs over the withers, to one who is so heavily sabled that from a distance he almost appears black. 犬的毛色可能是浅貂色,肩部的毛发梢为黑色成散射状分布,而深貂色的几乎成黑色。
The withers is the ridge between the shoulder blades of an animal, typically a quadruped. In many species it is the tallest point of the body, and in horses and dogs it is the standard place to measure the animal's height (in contrast, cattle are normally measured to the top of the hips).
近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
body part
联想词
fades衰老;
英英词典
withers n.
the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals