| 释义 |
navicular, a. and n.|nəˈvɪkjʊlə(r)|
Also 6 -uler.
[ad. late L. nāviculāris: see prec. and -ar. Hence also F. naviculaire (16th c., Paré).]
A. adj.
1. navicular bone, the scaphoid bone of the hand (rare), or the corresponding bone in the foot lying between the astragalus and cuneiform bones. (Freq. in veterinary works as the seat of a disease in the feet of horses.)
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. L j, The bone called Nauyculer, that is a synew concaued on eche syde. 1696Phillips, Navicular-Bone, the third Bone in each Foot in that part of it which immediately succeeds the Leg. 1755in Johnson. 1816D. P. Blaine Veter. Art (ed. 2) 98 The navicular bone would have been too much pressed upon. 1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 343/1 The scaphoid or navicular bone is articulated with the three cuneiform. 1870Flower Osteol. Mamm. xix. (1876) 309 The navicular bone is interposed between the proximal and distal row on the inner or tibial side of the foot.
b. Farriery. Connected with the navicular bone of a horse's foot, esp. navicular joint, navicular disease.
1828J. Turner in Veterinarian (1829) II. 53 The College Museum..contained but a solitary specimen of the navicular disease. Ibid. 58 By articulating with the bone, [it] forms the navicular joint. 1845W. C. Spooner Veter. Art (1851) 86 It is this joint capsule which is the seat of the navicular disease. Ibid., Its posterior and lower surface forms the navicular-joint capsule.
†2. Pertaining to, connected with, boats. Obs.
1656in Blount Glossogr. a1704T. Brown Thames Wks. 1720 III. 325 ‘Rare Game, Master,’ cries our Navicular Spokesman. 1721in Bailey (and hence in some later Dicts.).
3. Having the form of a (small) boat.
a. Of shrines, etc. Also transf. of the deities associated with these.
1774J. Bryant Mythol. II. 219 The name of this, and of all the navicular shrines was Baris. 1818G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ I. 133 The navicular goddess of Egypt was called Isis. 1819Blackw. Mag. V. 584 We may still behold the figure of that animal standing in that holy navicular coffin.
b. Bot. Of the parts of plants.
1806J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 23 Glumes navicular, entire. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. iv. (1858) 33 Valves navicular, apterous. 1881Spence in Jrnl. Bot. X. 99 With the two lateral lobes complicate into a navicular sheath embracing the stem.
c. Ent. Of the bodies or parts of insects.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 268 Navicular,..when two sides meet and form an angle like the outer bottom of a boat. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 277 Body navicular, narrowed and pointed at both ends.
4. navicular fossa, (a) the depression between the helix and anthelix of the ear; (b) the anterior portion of the urethra.
1816D. P. Blaine Veter. Art (ed. 2) 256 When the labia are separated, the internal cavity is called the navicular or scaphoid fossa. 1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 550/2. 1849–52 Ibid. IV. 1248/2.
B. ellipt. passing into n.
1. = Navicular bone (see A. 1).
1816D. P. Blaine Veter. Art (ed. 2) 98 The coronary bone partakes of the form of the pastern,..resting more on the coffin, and less on the navicular than in the front. 1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 505/2 The navicular or scaphoid is the largest of the upper row [in the hand]. 1870Flower Osteol. Mamm. xix. (1876) 318 The navicular and the external cuneiform are very broad and flat.
2. = Navicular disease (see A. 1 b).
1888Pall Mall G. 4 July 5/2 Not one shows symptoms of navicular by pointing his toes to ease the pain. |