a buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal (人或动物的)臀部及大腿 ■[mass noun]the leg and loin of an animal, especially a deer, as food (动物的)腰腿(尤指作食物的鹿腰腿) haunch of venison. 鹿腰腿肉。
(Architecture)the side of an arch, between the crown and the pier (建筑)拱腋
常用词组 sit on one's haunches
squat with the haunches resting on the backs of the heels 蹲坐
语源
middle English: from Old French hanche, of Germanic origin