The hindquarters are the back part of an animal with four legs: the hips, the bottom, and the back legs as one area. You hear it about horses, dogs, cows, and other animals that walk on four feet.

The hindquarters are the back part of an animal with four legs hindquarters指四腳動物身體的後半部 the hips, the bottom, and the back legs as one area也就是臀部、屁股和後腿合起來的那一區 You hear it about horses, dogs, cows你會聽到用在馬、狗、牛身上 and other animals that walk on four feet還有其他用四隻腳走路的動物

Vets, farmers, and people who ride horses use it a lot; in ordinary chat many people just say the back or the back legs. It is almost always plural — the horse's hindquarters, not one hindquarter — unless a butcher is talking about a cut of meat from that end.

Vets, farmers, and people who ride horses use it a lot獸醫、農夫和騎馬的人很常用這個字 in ordinary chat在日常閒聊裡 many people just say the back or the back legs大家通常只說 the back 或 the back legs It is almost always plural這個字幾乎總是複數形 the horse's hindquarters, not one hindquarter是說 the horse's hindquarters，不會說 one hindquarter unless a butcher is talking about a cut of meat from that end除非肉販在講那個部位切下來的肉

Though actually, using it about a person's bottom can sound cold, as if you were talking about an animal, so keep it for animals unless you are in a doctor's notes. It is a calm, slightly technical word: fine in a vet's report, a little stiff in a story about a pet.

Though actually不過事實上 using it about a person's bottom用它來說一個人的屁股 can sound cold聽起來會很冷淡 as if you were talking about an animal好像在講一隻動物一樣 so keep it for animals所以最好只用在動物身上 unless you are in a doctor's notes除非是在醫生的病歷紀錄裡 It is a calm, slightly technical word這是個平靜、有點技術性的字 fine in a vet's report用在獸醫報告裡很合適 a little stiff in a story about a pet但用在講寵物的故事裡會顯得有點生硬