(n)low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp, Syn.Carpobrotus edulis, sour fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, Hottentot's fig

elephant's-foot

(n)South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark, Syn.Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes, Hottentot bread vine, tortoise plant

khoikhoin

(n)any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa, Syn.Hottentot, Khoikhoi

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Blood-shotten

a. Bloodshot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hottentot

n. [ D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood. ] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds; the Khoisan language. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus Cassine (Cassine maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon. --
Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hottentotism

n. A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nook-shotten

a. Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shotted

a. 1. Loaded with shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shotten

n. [ Properly p. p. of shoot; AS. scoten, sceoten, p. p. of sceótan. ] 1. Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shoulder-shotten

a. Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

伏

[伏, fú, ㄈㄨˊ]to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt; surname Fu#6890[Add to Longdo]

热岛

[热岛 / 熱島, rè dǎo, ㄖㄜˋ ㄉㄠˇ]heat island (i.e. large city centers are hotter)#66082[Add to Longdo]

三伏

[三伏, sān fú, ㄙㄢㄈㄨˊ]three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August)#69729[Add to Longdo]

中伏

[中伏, zhōng fú, ㄓㄨㄥㄈㄨˊ]last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year#85730[Add to Longdo]

初伏

[初伏, chū fú, ㄔㄨㄈㄨˊ]middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year#167063[Add to Longdo]

出伏

[出伏, chū fú, ㄔㄨㄈㄨˊ]end of 三伏 sān fú, the hottest period of the year#167975[Add to Longdo]

末伏

[末伏, mò fú, ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ]middle ten days of August, the last of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year#174956[Add to Longdo]

二伏

[二伏, èr fú, ㄦˋ ㄈㄨˊ]same as 中伏, last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year[Add to Longdo]

城市热岛