| 释义 |
ˈpsaloid, a.
an alteration of psalloid, due to an assumed derivation from Gr. ψαλίς, ψαλιδ- pair of shears, also a vault (= L. fornix): see quots.
Psaloid from ψαλίς is as incorrectly formed as psalloid from ψάλλειν; its correct form would be *psalidoid.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Psaloides, adj. (As if Psalidoeides, which, correctly, it ought to be, from ψαλίς, an arched work: terminal -īdēs.) Anat. Resembling an arch; arch-like; arched: psa′loid... The Corpus psaloides is another term for the Fornix, simply meaning the arched body. 1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Psa′loid, like an arch, arched. |