| 释义 |
breastbone|ˈbrɛstbəʊn|
The thin flat bone running down the front of the thorax, and articulated by cartilages with the ribs; the sternum.
a1000Ags. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 158 Pectusculum, breostban. c1380Sir Ferumb. 1623 On was clouen in-to þe chynne? another to þe brust-bon. a1400Isumbras 455 The beryns he hitt appone the hode, Thorowe the breste⁓bane it wode. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 183 Inclining to the spine or brestbone. 1863Kingsley Water-bab. iv. 147 The leap-frogs you make out of a goose's breastbone. |