groin

noun
🔊/ɡrɔɪn/
🔊/ɡrɔɪn/
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  1. the part of the body where the legs join the main part of the body, including the area around the genitals (= sex organs)腹股沟;大腿根儿
    • She kicked her attacker in the groin.她朝袭击者的下身踢了一脚。🔊🔊
    • He's been off all season with a groin injury.他因腹股沟伤痛休息了整个赛季。🔊🔊
    • to suffer a groin strain腹股沟拉伤
    Topics Bodyc2
  2. (US English)
    (British English groyne)
    a low wall built out into the sea to prevent it from washing away sand and stones from the beach 丁坝(防止海浪侵蚀海滩砂石的矮墙)
  3. Word Originsense 1 late Middle English grynde, perhaps from Old English grynde ‘depression, abyss’.