| 词汇 | pastern |
| 词源 | pastern. This is the noted word that Dr. Johnson defined as the knee of a horse in his great dictionary. When a lady asked him why, he replied, “Ignorance, madam, sheer ignorance.” Pastern actually means the part of a horse’s foot between the fetlock and the hoof. |
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